Climate averages 1991–2020
Maceió weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Maceió: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (25 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Maceió, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maceió ranks joint 170th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Maceió is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 68 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
Maceió climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 68 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 83 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 187 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 56 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 12.6 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in JanuaryBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Arapiraca in JanuaryBrazil · 102 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.6°C · 34 mm rain
- Garanhuns in JanuaryBrazil · 121 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Caruaru in JanuaryBrazil · 156 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Ipojuca in JanuaryBrazil · 159 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Gravatá in JanuaryBrazil · 164 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in JanuaryBrazil · 166 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in JanuaryBrazil · 172 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 67 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 Maceió) is explained once on the Maceió year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.