Campos dos Goytacazes weather in January

In January, Campos dos Goytacazes sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 155 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Campos dos Goytacazes's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Campos dos Goytacazes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
155 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:19 AM – 7:30 PM
Cloud cover
66%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
6.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Campos dos Goytacazes is human settlement in 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Campos dos Goytacazes reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than 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 Campos dos Goytacazes

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.

Campos dos Goytacazes weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°15513.613.23.7
Feb33° / 24°8010.212.73.6
Mar32° / 23°14315.712.23.6
Apr30° / 22°8212.411.54.7
May28° / 20°478.9116.3
Jun28° / 18°20510.77.3
Jul27° / 18°225.310.87.4
Aug28° / 18°214.811.37.3
Sep28° / 20°477.811.96.2
Oct29° / 21°8210.112.55.4
Nov29° / 22°16916.1134.4
Dec31° / 23°19617.913.33.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% 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 63%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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43565
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Campos dos Goytacazes gets around 155 mm of rain over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3137

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
115778
215769
315769
415769
515769
615769
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Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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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 6:09 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 7:28 PM to 7:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.36:097:28
213.36:107:28
313.36:107:28
413.36:117:29
513.36:127:29
613.36:127:29
713.36:137:29
813.36:147:29
913.36:147:30
1013.26:157:30
1113.26:167:30
1213.26:167:30
1313.26:177:30
1413.26:177:30
1513.26:187:30
1613.26:197:30
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1813.26:207:30
1913.26:217:30
2013.16:217:30
2113.16:227:30
2213.16:237:30
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2413.16:247:30
2513.16:257:30
2613.16:257:30
2713.16:267:30
2813.06:277:29
2913.06:277:29
3013.06:287:29
3113.06:297:29

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.61 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 6.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.4Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Campos dos Goytacazes

In seasonPeak

In January, Campos dos Goytacazes sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Campos dos Goytacazes's rainy season runs November–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Campos dos Goytacazes?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Campos dos Goytacazes.

What to pack for Campos dos Goytacazes in January

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

In January, Campos dos Goytacazes sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Campos dos Goytacazes in January

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 km away) is warmest in March at about 25°C and coldest in August near 22°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr25Warm
May24Refreshing
Jun23Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep22Refreshing
Oct22Refreshing
Nov23Refreshing
Dec24Warm

UV index in Campos dos Goytacazes 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 Campos dos Goytacazes peaks around February 9 at about 14 (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 highExtremeFeb 9UV 14Jun 23UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr9Very high
May7High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug8Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Campos dos Goytacazes?

Campos dos Goytacazes sits at 21.8°S, 41.3°W, 13 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São João da Barra, 31 km away.

Topography around Campos dos Goytacazes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Campos dos Goytacazes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 400 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,716 m.

The land around Campos dos Goytacazes is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) within 3 km, grassland (62%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
400 m
80 km
1,716 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: São João da Barra 31 km · Quissamã 42 km · São Fidélis 45 km · São Francisco de Itabapoana 63 km · Cambuci 63 km · Conceição de Macabu 67 km · Mimoso do Sul 77 km · Itaocara 78 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 Campos dos Goytacazes (-21.7523°, -41.3304°, elevation 13 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).