Climate averages 1991–2020
Lavras weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Lavras: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (56 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Lavras, with 251 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Lavras ranks joint 386th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 233rd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Lavras is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 133 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
Lavras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 229 | 20.7 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 133 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 142 | 17.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 52 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 17 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 96 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 170 | 18.4 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 227 | 22.5 | 13.413 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
- Varginha in JanuaryBrazil · 56 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 251 mm rain
- Três Corações in JanuaryBrazil · 57 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 mm rain
- São João del Rei in JanuaryBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 228 mm rain
- Água Rasa in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 271 mm rain
- Alfenas in JanuaryBrazil · 100 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Divinópolis in JanuaryBrazil · 123 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 254 mm rain
- Barbacena in JanuaryBrazil · 127 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 291 mm rain
- Itaúna in JanuaryBrazil · 137 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 233 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 Lavras) is explained once on the Lavras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.