Climate averages 1991–2020
Nova Friburgo weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nova Friburgo: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 332 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teresópolis (48 km away). In January its highs average 26.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nova Friburgo, with 328 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Nova Friburgo ranks joint 351st of 448 for the warmest January highs and 433rd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Nova Friburgo is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 332 mm to 234 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
Nova Friburgo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 332 | 22.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 234 | 18.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 252 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 16.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 80 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 42 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 117 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 310 | 22.4 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 352 | 24.2 | 13.513 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
- Teresópolis in JanuaryBrazil · 48 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 328 mm rain
- Itaboraí in JanuaryBrazil · 62 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 259 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in JanuaryBrazil · 66 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Magé in JanuaryBrazil · 67 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Araruama in JanuaryBrazil · 68 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Saquarema in JanuaryBrazil · 69 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Petrópolis in JanuaryBrazil · 71 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.6°C · 315 mm rain
- Três Rios in JanuaryBrazil · 72 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 232 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 Nova Friburgo) is explained once on the Nova Friburgo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.