Climate averages 1991–2020
Pacajus weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Pacajus: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Horizonte (9 km away). In January its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Pacajus, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Pacajus ranks joint 37th of 448 for the warmest January highs and 62nd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Pacajus is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 123 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
Pacajus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 89 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 123 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 208 | 24.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 111 | 18.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 52 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 29 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 32.9°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.9°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 4.8 | 1.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 32.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 32.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 26 | 8.2 | 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
- Horizonte in JanuaryBrazil · 9 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 98 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in JanuaryBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Pacatuba in JanuaryBrazil · 27 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 98 mm rain
- Eusébio in JanuaryBrazil · 31 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Maracanaú in JanuaryBrazil · 38 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Maranguape in JanuaryBrazil · 40 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Fortaleza in JanuaryBrazil · 51 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Caucaia in JanuaryBrazil · 53 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 80 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 Pacajus) is explained once on the Pacajus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.