Climate averages 1991–2020

Parnamirim weather
in January.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 24.4°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 55 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Parnamirim: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 15 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 Macaíba (12 km away). In January its highs average 30.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Parnamirim, with 75 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Parnamirim ranks joint 97th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 22nd of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Parnamirim is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs stay level at 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 73 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Parnamirim climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Parnamirim, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	29.8°C24.4°C	24.4°C	55	15.4	12.412 h
February	29.7°C24.5°C	24.5°C	73	16.4	12.312 h
March	29.5°C24.5°C	24.5°C	110	20.9	12.112 h
April	28.9°C24.3°C	24.3°C	136	22.0	12.012 h
May	28.5°C24.0°C	24.0°C	104	19.3	11.812 h
June	27.5°C23.2°C	23.2°C	106	18.6	11.812 h
July	26.9°C22.5°C	22.5°C	87	17.3	11.812 h
August	27.5°C22.4°C	22.4°C	32	11.0	11.912 h
September	28.5°C22.9°C	22.9°C	18	7.2	12.112 h
October	29.3°C23.7°C	23.7°C	13	5.2	12.212 h
November	29.7°C24.2°C	24.2°C	13	5.2	12.412 h
December	29.9°C24.5°C	24.5°C	25	9.6	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

Distance from Parnamirim

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Parnamirim) is explained once on the Parnamirim year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.