Climate averages 1991–2020
Natal weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Natal: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parnamirim (15 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Natal, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Natal ranks joint 128th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 46th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Natal is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 102 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
Natal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 75 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 102 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 150 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 183 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 148 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 155 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 130 | 21.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 31 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 24 | 10.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 25 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 14.8 | 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
- Parnamirim in JanuaryBrazil · 15 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Macaíba in JanuaryBrazil · 17 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Ceará-Mirim in JanuaryBrazil · 30 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Santa Rita in JanuaryBrazil · 149 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 58 mm rain
- João Pessoa in JanuaryBrazil · 152 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Campina Grande in JanuaryBrazil · 176 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Goiana in JanuaryBrazil · 198 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 229 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 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 Natal) is explained once on the Natal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Macaíba lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.