Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa 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 João Pessoa: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Santa Rita (13 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 151st 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; João Pessoa is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 73 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 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
- Santa Rita in JanuaryBrazil · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Goiana in JanuaryBrazil · 52 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Igarassu in JanuaryBrazil · 80 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Paulista in JanuaryBrazil · 92 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 93 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Camaragibe in JanuaryBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Recife in JanuaryBrazil · 104 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in JanuaryBrazil · 112 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 54 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.