Climate · São Paulo

São Paulo in January

Warm and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in São Paulo is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 67°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.January in São Paulo is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
67°F19°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 87% of days
Daylight
13h 24mon average

Is January a good time to visit São Paulo?


January sits outside São Paulo's best months, which run from May to August. Expect warm days and rain on about six 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 74°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in January, against 23°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

87% of days in January, against 23% to 87% through the year.

Cloud cover

74% cover in January, against 39% to 74% through the year.

Daylight

13h 24m in January, against 10h 42m to 13h 34m 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.

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  1. December81°27°low 65°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January82°28°low 67°low 19°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. February83°28°low 67°low 19°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where São Paulo sits, in January

America/Sao Paulo

this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
5:32 AMsets 6:58 PM
Above the sea
760 mupland
Latitude
23.6°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rio de Janeiro357 km east

The land around São Paulo, 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest São Paulo. 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.