Climate averages 1991–2020
Governador Valadares weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Governador Valadares: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 22.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th 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 Ipatinga (92 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Governador Valadares, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Governador Valadares ranks joint 24th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 121st of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Governador Valadares is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 101 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
Governador Valadares climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 160 | 12.7 | 13.113 h |
| February | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 101 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| March | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 65 | 9.1 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 21 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 14.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 214 | 17.4 | 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
- Ipatinga in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 177 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in JanuaryBrazil · 103 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 250 mm rain
- Caratinga in JanuaryBrazil · 106 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Timóteo in JanuaryBrazil · 110 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 250 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in JanuaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in JanuaryBrazil · 157 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Colatina in JanuaryBrazil · 158 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Itabira in JanuaryBrazil · 159 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 227 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 Governador Valadares) is explained once on the Governador Valadares year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.