Climate averages 1991–2020
Campos dos Goytacazes weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd 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 Campos dos Goytacazes: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Itaperuna (84 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Campos dos Goytacazes, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Campos dos Goytacazes ranks joint 55th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 117th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Campos dos Goytacazes is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 155 mm to 83 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
Campos dos Goytacazes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 155 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 83 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 143 | 15.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 82 | 12.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 20 | 5.0 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 22 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 82 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 169 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 196 | 17.7 | 13.413 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
- Itaperuna in JanuaryBrazil · 84 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Macaé in JanuaryBrazil · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in JanuaryBrazil · 103 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in JanuaryBrazil · 107 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Muriaé in JanuaryBrazil · 128 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.9°C · 213 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in JanuaryBrazil · 137 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 332 mm rain
- São Pedro da Aldeia in JanuaryBrazil · 145 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Cabo Frio in JanuaryBrazil · 145 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 88 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 Campos dos Goytacazes) is explained once on the Campos dos Goytacazes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.