Climate averages 1991–2020
Arcoverde weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Arcoverde: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belo Jardim (70 km away). In January its highs average 30.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Arcoverde, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Arcoverde ranks 20th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Arcoverde is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 39 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
Arcoverde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 33 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 31.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 39 | 6.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 49 | 8.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 34 | 8.0 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 26 | 6.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 26.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 17 | 5.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 7.6 | 1.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 10 | 1.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 15 | 2.1 | 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
- Belo Jardim in JanuaryBrazil · 70 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Garanhuns in JanuaryBrazil · 80 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in JanuaryBrazil · 107 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Caruaru in JanuaryBrazil · 120 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in JanuaryBrazil · 145 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Arapiraca in JanuaryBrazil · 154 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Patos in JanuaryBrazil · 157 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Gravatá in JanuaryBrazil · 166 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 61 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 Arcoverde) is explained once on the Arcoverde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.