Climate averages 1991–2020
Caruaru weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Caruaru: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 7th 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (44 km away). In January its highs average 31.2°C, 1.7°C warmer than Caruaru, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caruaru ranks joint 120th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 9th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Caruaru is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 46 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
Caruaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 46 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 46 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 59 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 56 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 57 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 24.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 41 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 26 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 19 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 15 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 6.9 | 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
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in JanuaryBrazil · 44 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Gravatá in JanuaryBrazil · 46 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in JanuaryBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in JanuaryBrazil · 78 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Garanhuns in JanuaryBrazil · 88 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 93 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Ipojuca in JanuaryBrazil · 101 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in JanuaryBrazil · 104 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 67 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 Caruaru) is explained once on the Caruaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.