Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossoró weather
in January.
A hot, moderately 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 Mossoró: daytime highs average 33.2°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Russas (75 km away). In January its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Mossoró, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Mossoró ranks joint 3rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Mossoró is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 84 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
Mossoró climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 68 | 12.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 84 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 127 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 117 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 56 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 29 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 3.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 2.1 | 0.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 34.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 16 | 4.1 | 12.412 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
- Russas in JanuaryBrazil · 75 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in JanuaryBrazil · 154 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Pacajus in JanuaryBrazil · 167 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Horizonte in JanuaryBrazil · 175 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Quixadá in JanuaryBrazil · 187 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Eusébio in JanuaryBrazil · 189 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Pacatuba in JanuaryBrazil · 195 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Maracanaú in JanuaryBrazil · 204 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 99 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 Mossoró) is explained once on the Mossoró year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.