Climate averages 1991–2020
Janaúba weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 5th 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 Janaúba: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montes Claros (119 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Janaúba, with 131 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Janaúba ranks joint 55th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 84th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Janaúba is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 112 mm to 72 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
Janaúba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| February | 31.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 72 | 8.7 | 12.613 h |
| March | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 33 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 6.6 | 1.6 | 11.411 h |
| June | 28.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| August | 29.7°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| September | 32.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 7.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 53 | 6.1 | 12.412 h |
| November | 30.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 140 | 13.1 | 12.813 h |
| December | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 13.6 | 13.013 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
- Montes Claros in JanuaryBrazil · 119 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 131 mm rain
- Guanambi in JanuaryBrazil · 185 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Brumado in JanuaryBrazil · 251 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Vitória da Conquista in JanuaryBrazil · 285 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in JanuaryBrazil · 298 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Itapetinga in JanuaryBrazil · 334 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Curvelo in JanuaryBrazil · 349 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in JanuaryBrazil · 368 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 160 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 Janaúba) is explained once on the Janaúba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.