Araraquara weather in January

In January, Araraquara sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 265 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Araraquara's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araraquara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
265 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:46 AM – 7:58 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Araraquara is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality
Good
PM10 25 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Araraquara reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Araraquara weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°26522.413.23.7
Feb30° / 21°18518.212.73.9
Mar30° / 20°16317.812.24.3
Apr29° / 19°648.211.56.0
May26° / 16°566.1117.4
Jun26° / 15°353.410.78.1
Jul26° / 15°253.210.88.1
Aug28° / 16°263.311.37.3
Sep30° / 18°677.511.95.6
Oct30° / 19°11512.812.54.6
Nov30° / 20°17016.2134.3
Dec30° / 21°2142113.33.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32674
42575
52575
62575
72476
82476
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102476
112476
122575
132575
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222872
232872
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252971
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273070
283070
293169
303268
313367

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Araraquara gets around 265 mm of rain over 22.4 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 71% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1471
1570
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1770
1870
1971
2071
2171
2271
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2471
2570
2670
2770
2870
2969
3069
3168

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10086527
20086428
30086428
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 18 min at the start of January to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:55 PM to 7:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:377:55
213.36:377:55
313.36:387:56
413.36:387:56
513.36:397:56
613.36:407:57
713.36:407:57
813.36:417:57
913.36:427:57
1013.36:427:57
1113.26:437:57
1213.26:437:58
1313.26:447:58
1413.26:457:58
1513.26:457:58
1613.26:467:58
1713.26:477:58
1813.26:477:58
1913.26:487:58
2013.26:497:58
2113.16:497:58
2213.16:507:58
2313.16:517:58
2413.16:517:57
2513.16:527:57
2613.16:537:57
2713.16:537:57
2813.06:547:57
2913.06:557:57
3013.06:557:56
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.48 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.48 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Araraquara

In seasonPeak

In January, Araraquara sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Araraquara's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Araraquara?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Araraquara.

What to pack for Araraquara in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Araraquara sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Araraquara in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Araraquara peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 20UV 15Jun 23UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May7Very high
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Araraquara in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Araraquara is worst in September — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.6× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1037 µg/m³Nov 2310 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug35Poor
Sep37Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Araraquara?

Araraquara sits at 21.8°S, 48.2°W, 677 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Américo Brasiliense, 11 km away.

Topography around Araraquara

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Araraquara.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araraquara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 658 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m.

The land around Araraquara is covered by artificial surfaces (73%) within 3 km, cropland (58%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
132 m
16 km
292 m
80 km
680 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Américo Brasiliense 11 km · Ibaté 26 km · Matão 29 km · São Carlos 38 km · Guariba 49 km · Pradópolis 50 km · Brotas 55 km · Taquaritinga 55 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Araraquara (-21.7944°, -48.1756°, elevation 677 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).