Climate averages 1991–2020
Crato 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 Crato: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 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 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juazeiro do Norte (11 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Crato, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Crato ranks joint 37th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 92nd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Crato is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 135 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
Crato climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 126 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 135 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 175 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.2 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 33.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.3 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 20 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 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
- Juazeiro do Norte in JanuaryBrazil · 11 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Iguatu in JanuaryBrazil · 98 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Araripina in JanuaryBrazil · 126 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in JanuaryBrazil · 149 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in JanuaryBrazil · 227 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Picos in JanuaryBrazil · 228 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 141 mm rain
- Patos in JanuaryBrazil · 236 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Quixadá in JanuaryBrazil · 255 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.5°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 Crato) is explained once on the Crato year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.