Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caruaru (44 km away). In January its highs average 29.5°C, 1.7°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 24th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 5th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 32 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 12.613 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
- Caruaru in JanuaryBrazil · 44 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in JanuaryBrazil · 48 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Gravatá in JanuaryBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Campina Grande in JanuaryBrazil · 88 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in JanuaryBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 105 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Arcoverde in JanuaryBrazil · 107 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Garanhuns in JanuaryBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.2°C · 45 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.