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Brasília in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Brasília is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 57 minutes.January in Brasília is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 57 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 72% of days
Daylight
12h 57mon average

Is January a good time to visit Brasília?

January sits outside Brasília's best months, which run from May to July. Expect warm days and rain on about five days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in January, against 81°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 27°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

72% of days in January, against 0% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

78% cover in January, against 27% to 79% through the year.

Daylight

12h 57m in January, against 11h 12m to 13h 03m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December82°28°low 66°low 19°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January82°28°low 66°low 19°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. February83°28°low 66°low 19°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Brasília sits, in January

America/Sao Paulo
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:51 AMsets 6:49 PM
Above the sea
1,090 mupland
Latitude
15.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
São Paulo872 km south

The land around Brasília, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Brazil in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Brasília

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Brasília. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.