Climate averages 1991–2020

Picos weather
in January.

A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 24.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 141 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Picos: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 141 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Araripina (120 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Picos, with 162 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Picos ranks joint 14th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 112th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Picos is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 141 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

Picos climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Picos, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	32.1°C24.2°C	24.2°C	141	16.6	12.512 h
February	31.2°C23.5°C	23.5°C	141	17.1	12.312 h
March	30.9°C23.3°C	23.3°C	149	18.9	12.112 h
April	31.4°C23.4°C	23.4°C	88	11.6	12.012 h
May	32.5°C23.8°C	23.8°C	30	4.8	11.812 h
June	32.5°C23.1°C	23.1°C	3.9	1.0	11.712 h
July	32.6°C22.4°C	22.4°C	2.2	0.5	11.812 h
August	33.9°C22.6°C	22.6°C	0.7	0.1	11.912 h
September	35.7°C24.2°C	24.2°C	1.7	0.2	12.112 h
October	36.6°C25.9°C	25.9°C	9.4	1.4	12.312 h
November	35.8°C26.2°C	26.2°C	25	4.5	12.412 h
December	34.5°C25.7°C	25.7°C	58	7.8	12.513 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 Picos

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 Picos) is explained once on the Picos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.