Climate averages 1991–2020
Poços de Caldas weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Poços de Caldas: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 338 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São João da Boa Vista (32 km away). In January its highs average 27.6°C, 2.7°C warmer than Poços de Caldas, with 282 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Poços de Caldas ranks 436th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 441st of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Poços de Caldas is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 338 mm to 250 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
Poços de Caldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 338 | 25.2 | 13.313 h |
| February | 25.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 250 | 20.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 24.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 216 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 88 | 11.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 62 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 4.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 26 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 92 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 149 | 15.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 238 | 20.9 | 13.113 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 308 | 25.2 | 13.413 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
- São João da Boa Vista in JanuaryBrazil · 32 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 282 mm rain
- Alfenas in JanuaryBrazil · 75 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Mogi Guaçu in JanuaryBrazil · 76 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 263 mm rain
- Itapira in JanuaryBrazil · 77 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 255 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in JanuaryBrazil · 81 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 287 mm rain
- Mogi Mirim in JanuaryBrazil · 82 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 275 mm rain
- Pirassununga in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 251 mm rain
- Leme in JanuaryBrazil · 96 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 285 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 Poços de Caldas) is explained once on the Poços de Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.