Climate averages 1991–2020
Arapiraca weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Arapiraca: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (94 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 2.1°C cooler than Arapiraca, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Arapiraca ranks joint 18th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 2nd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Arapiraca is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 38 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
Arapiraca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 34 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 38 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 63 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 74 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 67 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 63 | 19.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 42 | 16.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 29 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 32.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 17 | 4.7 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in JanuaryBrazil · 94 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Garanhuns in JanuaryBrazil · 98 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Maceió in JanuaryBrazil · 102 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Itabaiana in JanuaryBrazil · 133 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Aracaju in JanuaryBrazil · 136 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 52 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in JanuaryBrazil · 152 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Arcoverde in JanuaryBrazil · 154 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in JanuaryBrazil · 160 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 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 Arapiraca) is explained once on the Arapiraca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.