Climate averages 1991–2020
Montes Claros weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 4th 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 Montes Claros: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 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 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In January its highs average 30.4°C, 1.5°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 179th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 97th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Montes Claros is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 92 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
Montes Claros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 131 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 92 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 111 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 67 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 178 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 206 | 16.5 | 13.113 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
- Janaúba in JanuaryBrazil · 119 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Curvelo in JanuaryBrazil · 233 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in JanuaryBrazil · 280 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 117 mm rain
- Guanambi in JanuaryBrazil · 302 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 82 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in JanuaryBrazil · 306 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 230 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in JanuaryBrazil · 310 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in JanuaryBrazil · 322 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 188 mm rain
- Paracatu in JanuaryBrazil · 325 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.4°C · 254 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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.