Climate averages 1991–2020

João Monlevade weather
in January.

A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.3°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 214 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in João Monlevade: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 11 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Itabira (22 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, about as warm as João Monlevade, with 227 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Monlevade ranks joint 327th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 190th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; João Monlevade is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 126 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

João Monlevade climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for João Monlevade, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.3°C19.2°C	19.2°C	214	17.0	13.213 h
February	27.6°C19.2°C	19.2°C	126	12.8	12.813 h
March	26.7°C18.9°C	18.9°C	150	15.9	12.212 h
April	25.3°C17.7°C	17.7°C	64	10.4	11.712 h
May	23.5°C15.1°C	15.1°C	29	5.8	11.211 h
June	22.7°C14.0°C	14.0°C	10	2.3	11.011 h
July	22.8°C13.4°C	13.4°C	5.7	1.4	11.111 h
August	24.2°C13.9°C	13.9°C	12	2.7	11.411 h
September	26.0°C15.5°C	15.5°C	46	6.8	12.012 h
October	26.7°C17.4°C	17.4°C	93	11.4	12.513 h
November	25.8°C18.2°C	18.2°C	221	19.2	13.013 h
December	26.6°C19.0°C	19.0°C	269	21.0	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.

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January in nearby cities

Distance from João Monlevade

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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 João Monlevade) is explained once on the João Monlevade year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.