Climate averages 1991–2020
Ipatinga 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 Ipatinga: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 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 10 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coronel Fabriciano (11 km away). In January its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Ipatinga, with 250 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ipatinga ranks joint 52nd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 140th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Ipatinga is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 95 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
Ipatinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 177 | 13.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| March | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 119 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 9.8 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 5.6 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.5 | 2.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 37 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 88 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 185 | 15.7 | 13.013 h |
| December | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 234 | 17.2 | 13.313 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
- Coronel Fabriciano in JanuaryBrazil · 11 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.3°C · 250 mm rain
- Timóteo in JanuaryBrazil · 17 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 250 mm rain
- Caratinga in JanuaryBrazil · 55 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 174 mm rain
- Itabira in JanuaryBrazil · 74 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.9°C · 227 mm rain
- João Monlevade in JanuaryBrazil · 77 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in JanuaryBrazil · 102 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Sabará in JanuaryBrazil · 141 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 216 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 Ipatinga) is explained once on the Ipatinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.