Climate averages 1991–2020
Viçosa weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Viçosa: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 14 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubá (41 km away). In January its highs average 29.3°C, 1.8°C warmer than Viçosa, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Viçosa ranks joint 303rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 223rd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Viçosa is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 118 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
Viçosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 226 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 12.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 92 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 206 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| December | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 244 | 20.0 | 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
- Ubá in JanuaryBrazil · 41 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 256 mm rain
- Muriaé in JanuaryBrazil · 68 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 213 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in JanuaryBrazil · 76 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 294 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in JanuaryBrazil · 95 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in JanuaryBrazil · 104 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 180 mm rain
- Barbacena in JanuaryBrazil · 106 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 291 mm rain
- João Monlevade in JanuaryBrazil · 109 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 214 mm rain
- Itaperuna in JanuaryBrazil · 115 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 177 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 Viçosa) is explained once on the Viçosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.