Climate averages 1991–2020
Pouso Alegre weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Pouso Alegre: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 287 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 19 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Itajubá (54 km away). In January its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Pouso Alegre, with 362 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pouso Alegre ranks joint 393rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 395th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Pouso Alegre is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 287 mm to 195 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
Pouso Alegre 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°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 287 | 23.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 195 | 18.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 178 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 71 | 9.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 55 | 6.4 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 31 | 4.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.6°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 32 | 4.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 90 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.1°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 134 | 14.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 203 | 18.6 | 13.213 h |
| December | 26.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 249 | 22.3 | 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
- Itajubá in JanuaryBrazil · 54 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.4°C · 362 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in JanuaryBrazil · 81 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.7°C · 338 mm rain
- Alfenas in JanuaryBrazil · 89 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 19.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Pindamonhangaba in JanuaryBrazil · 91 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 290 mm rain
- Varginha in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 251 mm rain
- Três Corações in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in JanuaryBrazil · 93 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 282 mm rain
- Itapira in JanuaryBrazil · 94 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 255 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 Pouso Alegre) is explained once on the Pouso Alegre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.