Climate averages 1991–2020
Ouro Preto 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 Ouro Preto: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 294 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Conselheiro Lafaiete (42 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Ouro Preto, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ouro Preto ranks joint 443rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 409th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Ouro Preto is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 294 mm to 187 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
Ouro Preto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 294 | 19.8 | 13.213 h |
| February | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 187 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 23.9°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 227 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 99 | 13.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 8.0 | 11.211 h |
| June | 20.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 17 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| July | 20.1°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 24 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 23.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 139 | 15.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 283 | 21.7 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 340 | 24.2 | 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.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in JanuaryBrazil · 42 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Nova Lima in JanuaryBrazil · 58 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 216 mm rain
- Sabará in JanuaryBrazil · 65 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 216 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in JanuaryBrazil · 69 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.5°C · 218 mm rain
- Ibirité in JanuaryBrazil · 71 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 218 mm rain
- João Monlevade in JanuaryBrazil · 74 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Viçosa in JanuaryBrazil · 76 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 226 mm rain
- Contagem in JanuaryBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 218 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 Ouro Preto) is explained once on the Ouro Preto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.