Barcelos weather in January

In January, Barcelos sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 206 mm of rain across 22.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 7th-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 5% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Barcelos's 6th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Barcelos's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
206 mm
22.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:19 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
82%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Barcelos is locality in Amazonas, Brazil.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Barcelos reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Barcelos

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Barcelos weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°20622.312.13.2
Feb31° / 24°19219.6123.3
Mar30° / 24°27524.7123.1
Apr30° / 24°35027.4122.8
May29° / 24°39229.6122.8
Jun29° / 23°28427.811.92.9
Jul30° / 23°21326.711.93.1
Aug31° / 23°15123.4123.1
Sep32° / 24°15621.8123.0
Oct32° / 24°15622.5122.9
Nov31° / 24°17822.4122.9
Dec31° / 24°21125.812.12.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21684
31684
41684
51684
61684
71684
81684
91585
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121486
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311486

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Barcelos gets around 206 mm of rain over 22.3 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 72% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
178
278
377
477
577
677
777
877
977
1076
1176
1276
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1475
1574
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1773
1872
1971
2070
2170
2269
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3066
3166

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the miserable band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
103565
203664
303763
403862
504060
604159
704258
804357
904555
1004654
1104753
1204852
1314950
1415050
1515049
1615148
1715148
1815247
1915247
2015346
2115346
2215346
2315247
2415247
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2615148
2715148
2815148
2915049
3015049
3115049

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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126calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:136:17
212.16:146:17
312.16:146:17
412.16:156:18
512.16:156:18
612.16:156:19
712.16:166:19
812.16:166:20
912.16:176:20
1012.16:176:20
1112.16:186:21
1212.16:186:21
1312.16:186:21
1412.16:196:22
1512.16:196:22
1612.16:196:23
1712.16:206:23
1812.06:206:23
1912.06:216:23
2012.06:216:24
2112.06:216:24
2212.06:216:24
2312.06:226:25
2412.06:226:25
2512.06:226:25
2612.06:236:25
2712.06:236:26
2812.06:236:26
2912.06:236:26
3012.06:246:26
3112.06:246:26

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.4Bright
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44.4Bright
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274.6Bright
284.6Bright
294.6Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Barcelos?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Barcelos.

What to pack for Barcelos in January

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

In January, Barcelos sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Barcelos in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Barcelos 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 Barcelos is worst in March — around 19 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 1518 µg/m³Jun 1910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul10Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Barcelos?

Barcelos sits at 1.0°S, 62.9°W, 35 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Novo Airão, 287 km away.

Novo AirãoMaraãAlvarãesUariniTeféCodajásAnoriPresidente Figueiredo

Topography around Barcelos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Barcelos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m.

The land around Barcelos is covered by trees (66%) and water (21%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
44 m
80 km
50 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Novo Airão 287 km · Maraã 310 km · Alvarães 325 km · Uarini 330 km · Tefé 333 km · Codajás 333 km · Anori 342 km · Presidente Figueiredo 343 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 Barcelos (-0.9736°, -62.9269°, elevation 35 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).