Climate averages 1991–2020
Igarassu weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Igarassu: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paulista (12 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Igarassu, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Igarassu ranks joint 97th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 25th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Igarassu is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 66 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
Igarassu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 56 | 17.3 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 100 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 102 | 21.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 110 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 100 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 58 | 17.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 35 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 25 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 24 | 10.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 32 | 12.0 | 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
- Paulista in JanuaryBrazil · 12 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Camaragibe in JanuaryBrazil · 22 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Recife in JanuaryBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Goiana in JanuaryBrazil · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in JanuaryBrazil · 33 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 38 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in JanuaryBrazil · 52 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 67 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in JanuaryBrazil · 53 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 49 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 Igarassu) is explained once on the Igarassu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.