Climate averages 1991–2020
Sobral weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 7th 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 Sobral: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tianguá (71 km away). In January its highs average 28.0°C, 4.4°C cooler than Sobral, with 141 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Sobral ranks joint 9th of 448 for the warmest January highs and joint 66th of 448 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Sobral is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 124 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
Sobral climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 95 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 124 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 177 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 187 | 22.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 82 | 13.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| August | 34.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 3.9 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 35.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 35.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 35.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 4.6 | 0.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 34.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 22 | 4.7 | 12.312 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
- Tianguá in JanuaryBrazil · 71 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Itapipoca in JanuaryBrazil · 88 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Canindé in JanuaryBrazil · 137 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 96 mm rain
- Crateús in JanuaryBrazil · 170 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Parnaíba in JanuaryBrazil · 181 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Maranguape in JanuaryBrazil · 186 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Caucaia in JanuaryBrazil · 188 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Maracanaú in JanuaryBrazil · 192 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 99 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 Sobral) is explained once on the Sobral year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.