Climate averages 1991–2020

Dourados 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.

Average high 30.0°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 22.0°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 187 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Dourados · average highYear overview

January is a hot month in Dourados: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 187 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ponta Porã (101 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, 1.1°C cooler than Dourados, with 194 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Dourados ranks joint 83rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 152nd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Dourados is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 187 mm to 155 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Dourados climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Dourados, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 30.0°C22.0°C22.0°C18719.913.313 h
February 29.9°C21.8°C21.8°C15517.712.813 h
March 29.6°C21.1°C21.1°C11715.512.212 h
April 28.3°C19.3°C19.3°C849.011.612 h
May 24.8°C16.0°C16.0°C928.111.111 h
June 24.0°C14.8°C14.8°C646.710.811 h
July 24.2°C13.9°C13.9°C535.510.911 h
August 26.9°C15.5°C15.5°C575.411.411 h
September 28.9°C17.8°C17.8°C928.211.912 h
October 29.8°C20.2°C20.2°C14114.112.613 h
November 29.7°C20.6°C20.6°C14814.513.213 h
December 30.1°C21.7°C21.7°C17417.913.513 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

Distance from Dourados

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dourados) is explained once on the Dourados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.