Climate averages 1991–2020
Curvelo weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Curvelo: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sete Lagoas (81 km away). In January its highs average 27.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Curvelo, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Curvelo ranks joint 210th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 170th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Curvelo is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 118 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
Curvelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 202 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 118 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 136 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 25.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 26.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 4.9 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 31 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 80 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 200 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| December | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 267 | 19.9 | 13.213 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
- Sete Lagoas in JanuaryBrazil · 81 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 230 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in JanuaryBrazil · 112 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Esmeraldas, Brazil in JanuaryBrazil · 113 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 227 mm rain
- Vespasiano in JanuaryBrazil · 117 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.7°C · 188 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in JanuaryBrazil · 118 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 188 mm rain
- Pará de Minas in JanuaryBrazil · 124 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 219 mm rain
- Santa Luzia in JanuaryBrazil · 128 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Contagem in JanuaryBrazil · 137 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 218 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 Curvelo) is explained once on the Curvelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.