Climate averages 1991–2020

Sobradinho II weather
in January.

A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.1°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 18.3°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 193 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Sobradinho II · average highYear overview

January is a warm month in Sobradinho II: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 56 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Brasília (19 km away). In January its highs average 26.0°C, about as warm as Sobradinho II, with 224 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Sobradinho II ranks joint 410th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 160th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Sobradinho II is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 168 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sobradinho II climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Sobradinho II, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 26.1°C18.3°C18.3°C19322.012.913 h
February 26.3°C18.3°C18.3°C16818.712.613 h
March 26.1°C18.2°C18.2°C17820.412.212 h
April 26.1°C17.7°C17.7°C7412.211.812 h
May 25.8°C16.2°C16.2°C163.511.411 h
June 25.2°C15.0°C15.0°C3.90.611.211 h
July 25.4°C14.6°C14.6°C0.30.011.311 h
August 27.3°C15.9°C15.9°C4.51.311.612 h
September 29.4°C18.2°C18.2°C284.812.012 h
October 29.0°C19.0°C19.0°C10313.612.412 h
November 26.4°C18.4°C18.4°C20121.412.813 h
December 26.1°C18.4°C18.4°C21822.713.013 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

Distance from Sobradinho II

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sobradinho II) is explained once on the Sobradinho II year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.