Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Rita weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Santa Rita: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th 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 João Pessoa (13 km away). In January its highs average 29.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Santa Rita, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Rita ranks joint 83rd of 448 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Rita is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 71 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 Rita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 58 | 17.4 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 71 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 97 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 123 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 125 | 21.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 124 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 112 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 54 | 16.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 34 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 9.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 33 | 12.1 | 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
- João Pessoa in JanuaryBrazil · 13 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 56 mm rain
- Goiana in JanuaryBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Igarassu in JanuaryBrazil · 80 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Carpina in JanuaryBrazil · 87 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Paulista in JanuaryBrazil · 93 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Campina Grande in JanuaryBrazil · 100 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Camaragibe in JanuaryBrazil · 101 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Recife in JanuaryBrazil · 105 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 54 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 Rita) is explained once on the Santa Rita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.