Climate averages 1991–2020
Cruzeiro weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cruzeiro: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 273 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lorena (24 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Cruzeiro, with 217 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cruzeiro ranks joint 248th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 368th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Cruzeiro is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 273 mm to 192 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cruzeiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 273 | 23.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 192 | 19.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 185 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 68 | 10.7 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 48 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| June | 23.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 5.0 | 10.911 h |
| August | 25.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 79 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 15.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 189 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| December | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 241 | 22.7 | 13.513 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Lorena in JanuaryBrazil · 24 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 217 mm rain
- Guaratinguetá in JanuaryBrazil · 35 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 296 mm rain
- Itajubá in JanuaryBrazil · 52 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 362 mm rain
- Resende in JanuaryBrazil · 55 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 404 mm rain
- Pindamonhangaba in JanuaryBrazil · 64 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Taubaté in JanuaryBrazil · 78 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 290 mm rain
- Barra Mansa in JanuaryBrazil · 82 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Angra dos Reis in JanuaryBrazil · 82 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 301 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cruzeiro) is explained once on the Cruzeiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.