Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Araripina: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In January its highs average 32.1°C, 2.5°C warmer than Araripina, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 111th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 124th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Araripina is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 162 mm to 171 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in JanuaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Crato in JanuaryBrazil · 126 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in JanuaryBrazil · 137 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Casa Nova in JanuaryBrazil · 185 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 97 mm rain
- Iguatu in JanuaryBrazil · 189 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Petrolina in JanuaryBrazil · 203 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 80 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in JanuaryBrazil · 247 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Crateús in JanuaryBrazil · 267 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 94 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.