Climate averages 1991–2020
Iguatu weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Iguatu: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juazeiro do Norte (95 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Iguatu, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Iguatu ranks joint 9th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 89th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Iguatu is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 132 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
Iguatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 120 | 15.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 132 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 163 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 17.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 75 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| June | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 4.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 1.8 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 16 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 35.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 9.3 | 1.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 34.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 28 | 5.0 | 12.512 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 · 95 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 113 mm rain
- Crato in JanuaryBrazil · 98 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.4°C · 126 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in JanuaryBrazil · 129 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 93 mm rain
- Quixadá in JanuaryBrazil · 157 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Araripina in JanuaryBrazil · 189 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 162 mm rain
- Crateús in JanuaryBrazil · 201 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in JanuaryBrazil · 212 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Russas in JanuaryBrazil · 215 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 74 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 Iguatu) is explained once on the Iguatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.