Climate averages 1991–2020
Gravatá weather
in January.
A hot, 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 hot month in Gravatá: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vitória de Santo Antão (31 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gravatá, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Gravatá ranks joint 199th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Gravatá is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 62 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
Gravatá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 61 | 17.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 62 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 84 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 109 | 21.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 95 | 22.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 64 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 51 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 38 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 32 | 11.8 | 12.512 h |
| December | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 39 | 13.6 | 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
- Vitória de Santo Antão in JanuaryBrazil · 31 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Caruaru in JanuaryBrazil · 46 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 52 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Ipojuca in JanuaryBrazil · 59 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in JanuaryBrazil · 60 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in JanuaryBrazil · 61 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Camaragibe in JanuaryBrazil · 67 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in JanuaryBrazil · 75 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 40 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 Gravatá) is explained once on the Gravatá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.