Climate averages 1991–2020
Paracatu weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Paracatu: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 254 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 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Unaí (96 km away). In January its highs average 29.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Paracatu, with 196 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paracatu ranks joint 233rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 323rd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Paracatu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 254 mm to 174 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
Paracatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 254 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 198 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.0 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 96 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 235 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| December | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 281 | 22.0 | 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
- Unaí in JanuaryBrazil · 96 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 196 mm rain
- Catalão in JanuaryBrazil · 155 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 267 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in JanuaryBrazil · 156 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 230 mm rain
- Luziânia in JanuaryBrazil · 157 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.0°C · 214 mm rain
- Cidade Ocidental in JanuaryBrazil · 167 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 230 mm rain
- Valparaíso de Goiás in JanuaryBrazil · 174 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 230 mm rain
- São Sebastião (Federal District), Brazil in JanuaryBrazil · 175 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 203 mm rain
- Santa Maria, Brazil in JanuaryBrazil · 181 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.9°C · 230 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 Paracatu) is explained once on the Paracatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.