Araruna weather in January

In January, Araruna sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 43 mm of rain across 10.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Araruna's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araruna's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 43 mm; 10.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:22 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 9th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Araruna reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
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10	31	22
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28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

How January really feels in Araruna

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Araruna weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	43	10.9	12.3	4.4
Feb	31° / 23°	53	11.8	12.2	4.2
Mar	31° / 23°	74	15.3	12	4.1
Apr	30° / 22°	77	14.6	11.9	4.4
May	29° / 22°	52	11.6	11.7	5.2
Jun	28° / 21°	42	9.2	11.6	6.3
Jul	28° / 20°	34	7.6	11.7	6.8
Aug	28° / 20°	15	4	11.8	6.8
Sep	29° / 21°	8	2.6	12	6.3
Oct	31° / 21°	7	2.2	12.1	5.7
Nov	31° / 22°	8	2.8	12.3	5.4
Dec	31° / 22°	17	6.1	12.4	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	58	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	52	51	50	49	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	48	49	50	50	50	51	52	53	52	53	53
Cloudier (%)	42	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	48	49	50	51	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	52	51	50	50	50	49	48	47	48	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
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26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Araruna gets around 43 mm of rain over 10.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 35% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	25	26	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	38	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	32
11	33
12	34
13	35
14	36
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20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	37

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	71	70	70	70	71	71	71	70	70	69	68	68	66	65	64	62	61	60	58	57	56	55	55	54	54	53	54	54	54	55	55
Oppressive (%)	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	34	35	36	38	39	40	42	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	46	46	46	45	45

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	71	27
2	2	70	28
3	2	70	28
4	2	70	28
5	1	71	28
6	1	71	28
7	1	71	28
8	1	70	29
9	1	70	29
10	1	69	30
11	1	68	31
12	0	68	32
13	0	66	34
14	0	65	35
15	0	64	36
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	58	42
20	0	57	43
21	0	56	44
22	0	55	45
23	0	55	45
24	0	54	46
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	54	46
28	0	54	46
29	0	54	46
30	0	55	45
31	0	55	45

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
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31	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:15 AM to 5:28 AM, and sunset from 5:37 PM to 5:45 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28
Sunset (PM)	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:15	5:37
2	12.4	5:15	5:38
3	12.4	5:16	5:38
4	12.4	5:16	5:39
5	12.4	5:17	5:39
6	12.4	5:17	5:39
7	12.4	5:18	5:40
8	12.4	5:18	5:40
9	12.4	5:19	5:40
10	12.4	5:19	5:41
11	12.4	5:20	5:41
12	12.4	5:20	5:41
13	12.4	5:21	5:42
14	12.3	5:21	5:42
15	12.3	5:22	5:42
16	12.3	5:22	5:43
17	12.3	5:22	5:43
18	12.3	5:23	5:43
19	12.3	5:23	5:43
20	12.3	5:24	5:43
21	12.3	5:24	5:44
22	12.3	5:24	5:44
23	12.3	5:25	5:44
24	12.3	5:25	5:44
25	12.3	5:26	5:44
26	12.3	5:26	5:44
27	12.3	5:26	5:45
28	12.3	5:27	5:45
29	12.3	5:27	5:45
30	12.3	5:27	5:45
31	12.3	5:28	5:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.23 kWh/m² to a high of 6.28 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Araruna?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Araruna for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Araruna in January

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

In January, Araruna sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Araruna in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Araruna peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	15	15	14	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Araruna?

Araruna sits at 6.6°S, 35.7°W, 496 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cacimba de Dentro, 11 km away.

Topography around Araruna

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araruna has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m around an average of 509 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 476 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 744 m.

The land around Araruna is covered by grassland (69%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and shrubs (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

209 m

grassland 69%

16 km

476 m

grassland 55%

80 km

744 m

grassland 51%

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← December Araruna year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Cacimba de Dentro 11 km · Solânea 23 km · Bananeiras 24 km · Belém 27 km · Nova Cruz 35 km · Santo Antônio 40 km · Guarabira 43 km · Areia 45 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

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 Araruna (-6.5583°, -35.7417°, elevation 496 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
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18	31	22
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22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	32
11	33
12	34
13	35
14	36
15	37
16	38
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	71	27
2	2	70	28
3	2	70	28
4	2	70	28
5	1	71	28
6	1	71	28
7	1	71	28
8	1	70	29
9	1	70	29
10	1	69	30
11	1	68	31
12	0	68	32
13	0	66	34
14	0	65	35
15	0	64	36
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	58	42
20	0	57	43
21	0	56	44
22	0	55	45
23	0	55	45
24	0	54	46
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	54	46
28	0	54	46
29	0	54	46
30	0	55	45
31	0	55	45

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	32
11	33
12	34
13	35
14	36
15	37
16	38
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	71	27
2	2	70	28
3	2	70	28
4	2	70	28
5	1	71	28
6	1	71	28
7	1	71	28
8	1	70	29
9	1	70	29
10	1	69	30
11	1	68	31
12	0	68	32
13	0	66	34
14	0	65	35
15	0	64	36
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	58	42
20	0	57	43
21	0	56	44
22	0	55	45
23	0	55	45
24	0	54	46
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	54	46
28	0	54	46
29	0	54	46
30	0	55	45
31	0	55	45

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	56	44
5	55	45
6	55	45
7	54	46
8	53	47
9	53	47
10	52	48
11	51	49
12	50	50
13	49	51
14	48	52
15	48	52
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	49	51
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	52	48
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	26
4	27
5	27
6	28
7	29
8	30
9	30
10	32
11	33
12	34
13	35
14	36
15	37
16	38
17	39
18	40
19	40
20	40
21	41
22	41
23	41
24	41
25	41
26	41
27	40
28	40
29	39
30	38
31	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	71	27
2	2	70	28
3	2	70	28
4	2	70	28
5	1	71	28
6	1	71	28
7	1	71	28
8	1	70	29
9	1	70	29
10	1	69	30
11	1	68	31
12	0	68	32
13	0	66	34
14	0	65	35
15	0	64	36
16	0	62	38
17	0	61	39
18	0	60	40
19	0	58	42
20	0	57	43
21	0	56	44
22	0	55	45
23	0	55	45
24	0	54	46
25	0	54	46
26	0	53	47
27	0	54	46
28	0	54	46
29	0	54	46
30	0	55	45
31	0	55	45