Curaçá weather in January

In January, Curaçá sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 75 mm of rain across 9.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Curaçá's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Curaçá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
9.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:35 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
62%
9th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Curaçá is 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 34°C through the month.

A typical January day in Curaçá reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler 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 Curaçá

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.

Curaçá weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 24°759.112.53.1
Feb33° / 23°709.812.33.2
Mar33° / 23°8511.312.13.3
Apr33° / 23°447.511.83.8
May32° / 22°173.811.64.6
Jun31° / 21°71.811.55.5
Jul30° / 20°40.711.55.8
Aug31° / 20°20.411.75.3
Sep33° / 21°20.211.94.2
Oct35° / 22°6112.23.2
Nov35° / 23°223.512.42.9
Dec35° / 24°41512.53.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24852
34852
44753
54852
64852
74852
84951
94951
104951
114852
124753
134753
144753
154753
164753
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234753
244852
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264753
274753
284753
294753
304951
314951

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Curaçá gets around 75 mm of rain over 9.1 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 30% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
121
221
322
422
523
623
724
824
925
1026
1126
1228
1329
1430
1531
1633
1734
1835
1935
2036
2136
2236
2336
2435
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2635
2735
2834
2934
3033
3133

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
110423612
210423613
310423613
410413613
510413514
610413514
710413515
810403415
910403416
1010403416
1110403417
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139393319
149393320
158383321
168383322
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187373224
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235353327
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274343626
284333726
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304323925
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Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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1013light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 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 5:27 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:58 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:275:58
212.55:285:59
312.55:285:59
412.55:295:59
512.55:296:00
612.55:306:00
712.55:306:00
812.55:316:01
912.55:316:01
1012.55:326:01
1112.55:326:02
1212.55:336:02
1312.55:336:02
1412.55:346:03
1512.55:346:03
1612.55:356:03
1712.55:356:03
1812.55:366:03
1912.55:366:04
2012.55:376:04
2112.45:376:04
2212.45:386:04
2312.45:386:04
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2512.45:396:05
2612.45:396:05
2712.45:406:05
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3012.45:416:05
3112.45:416:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.93 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
76.1Intense
86.1Intense
96.1Intense
106.1Intense
116.1Intense
126.1Intense
136.0Intense
146.0Intense
156.0Intense
166.0Intense
176.0Bright
186.0Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Bright
216.0Bright
226.0Bright
236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Bright
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Curaçá?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Curaçá. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Curaçá in January

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

In January, Curaçá sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Curaçá 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 Curaçá peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Curaçá?

Curaçá sits at 9.0°S, 39.9°W, 359 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Santa Maria da Boa Vista, 22 km away.

Topography around Curaçá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Curaçá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 356 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m.

The land around Curaçá is covered by shrubs (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (67%) within 16 km, and shrubs (86%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
262 m
80 km
514 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Santa Maria da Boa Vista 22 km · Lagoa Grande 40 km · Petrolina 79 km · Juazeiro 80 km · Cabrobó 85 km · Abaré 92 km · Uauá 106 km · Parnamirim 106 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 Curaçá (-8.9903°, -39.9094°, elevation 359 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).