Climate averages 1991–2020
Garanhuns weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Garanhuns: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belo Jardim (61 km away). In January its highs average 30.2°C, 2.7°C warmer than Garanhuns, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Garanhuns ranks joint 303rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Garanhuns is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 49 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
Garanhuns climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 45 | 11.3 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 49 | 11.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 27.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 60 | 14.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 66 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 24.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 64 | 16.5 | 11.712 h |
| June | 22.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 69 | 17.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 21.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 67 | 18.7 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 47 | 16.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 24.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 30 | 10.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 22 | 6.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 20 | 4.9 | 12.513 h |
| December | 27.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 25 | 7.2 | 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 · 61 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Arcoverde in JanuaryBrazil · 80 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Caruaru in JanuaryBrazil · 88 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Rio Largo in JanuaryBrazil · 97 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Arapiraca in JanuaryBrazil · 98 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in JanuaryBrazil · 108 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Maceió in JanuaryBrazil · 121 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Gravatá in JanuaryBrazil · 128 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 Garanhuns) is explained once on the Garanhuns year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.