Climate averages 1991–2020
Pelotas weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Pelotas: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Grande (37 km away). In January its highs average 24.6°C, 1.7°C cooler than Pelotas, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pelotas ranks joint 393rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and 83rd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Pelotas is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 106 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
Pelotas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.6 | 14.014 h |
| February | 26.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 12.6 | 13.213 h |
| March | 25.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 102 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 116 | 10.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 105 | 9.3 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 111 | 9.8 | 10.110 h |
| July | 16.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 117 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 17.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 116 | 9.9 | 11.011 h |
| September | 18.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 141 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 140 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 95 | 8.6 | 13.714 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 100 | 9.8 | 14.214 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
- Rio Grande in JanuaryBrazil · 37 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Bagé in JanuaryBrazil · 174 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Cachoeira do Sul in JanuaryBrazil · 200 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Guaíba in JanuaryBrazil · 208 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 137 mm rain
- Porto Alegre in JanuaryBrazil · 220 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.6°C · 137 mm rain
- Viamão in JanuaryBrazil · 226 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Sul in JanuaryBrazil · 228 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 155 mm rain
- Alvorada in JanuaryBrazil · 231 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 140 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 Pelotas) is explained once on the Pelotas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.