Itabela weather in January

In January, Itabela sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 78 mm of rain across 16.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-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 24% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Itabela's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itabela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 78 mm; 16.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:21 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Itabela reaches about 30°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 28°C and 33°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)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	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	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	30	22
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26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

How January really feels in Itabela

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.

Itabela 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	30° / 22°	78	16.2	12.9	4.1
Feb	31° / 22°	66	14.8	12.6	3.9
Mar	31° / 22°	109	18.6	12.1	3.8
Apr	29° / 22°	75	17.2	11.6	4.4
May	28° / 20°	54	13.4	11.2	5.7
Jun	27° / 19°	42	13.6	11	6.1
Jul	26° / 18°	46	14.3	11.1	6.1
Aug	26° / 18°	39	12.2	11.4	6.3
Sep	27° / 19°	39	11.2	11.9	6.2
Oct	28° / 20°	84	13.3	12.4	5.3
Nov	29° / 21°	138	16.9	12.8	4.5
Dec	30° / 22°	114	15.4	13	4.3

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%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	52	52	52
Cloudier (%)	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	54	54	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	48	48	48

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

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Itabela gets around 78 mm of rain over 16.2 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 53% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	49	50	50	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	53
15	53
16	53
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54
31	54

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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Oppressive (%)	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89
Miserable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	14	86	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	87	0
4	13	87	0
5	13	87	0
6	12	88	0
7	12	88	0
8	12	87	1
9	12	87	1
10	12	87	1
11	12	87	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	12	87	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	88	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	10	89	1
26	10	89	1
27	10	89	1
28	10	89	1
29	10	89	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:12 AM to 5:29 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:14 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)	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.0	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.9	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7
Sunrise (AM)	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	5:12	6:11
2	13.0	5:13	6:11
3	13.0	5:13	6:11
4	13.0	5:14	6:12
5	13.0	5:14	6:12
6	13.0	5:15	6:12
7	12.9	5:16	6:12
8	12.9	5:16	6:13
9	12.9	5:17	6:13
10	12.9	5:17	6:13
11	12.9	5:18	6:13
12	12.9	5:19	6:14
13	12.9	5:19	6:14
14	12.9	5:20	6:14
15	12.9	5:20	6:14
16	12.9	5:21	6:14
17	12.9	5:21	6:14
18	12.9	5:22	6:14
19	12.9	5:23	6:14
20	12.9	5:23	6:14
21	12.8	5:24	6:15
22	12.8	5:24	6:15
23	12.8	5:25	6:15
24	12.8	5:25	6:15
25	12.8	5:26	6:14
26	12.8	5:27	6:14
27	12.8	5:27	6:14
28	12.8	5:28	6:14
29	12.8	5:28	6:14
30	12.8	5:29	6:14
31	12.7	5:29	6:14

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.89 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.89 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
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5	5.9	Bright
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14	5.8	Bright
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27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Itabela?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Itabela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Itabela in January

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

In January, Itabela sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Itabela in January

The nearest coast averages about 26°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 57 km away) is warmest in April at about 27°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	26	27	27	27	27	26	25	25	25	25	26	26
Comfort	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	26	Warm
Feb	27	Warm
Mar	27	Warm
Apr	27	Warm
May	27	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	25	Warm
Nov	26	Warm
Dec	26	Warm

UV index in Itabela 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 Itabela peaks around February 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (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)	14	15	14	11	9	8	8	9	11	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Itabela?

Itabela sits at 16.6°S, 39.6°W, 158 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Eunápolis, 22 km away.

Topography around Itabela

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itabela has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 246 m around an average of 145 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,128 m.

The land around Itabela is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (48%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

246 m

grassland 53%

16 km

347 m

trees 51%

80 km

1,128 m

grassland 47%

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

January weather nearby: Eunápolis 22 km · Guaratinga 24 km · Itamaraju 52 km · Porto Seguro 54 km · Santa Cruz Cabrália 65 km · Prado 92 km · Itanhém 106 km · Belmonte 107 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 Itabela (-16.575°, -39.5533°, elevation 158 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).

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	53
15	53
16	53
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54
31	54

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	14	86	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	87	0
4	13	87	0
5	13	87	0
6	12	88	0
7	12	88	0
8	12	87	1
9	12	87	1
10	12	87	1
11	12	87	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	12	87	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	88	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	10	89	1
26	10	89	1
27	10	89	1
28	10	89	1
29	10	89	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	53
15	53
16	53
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54
31	54

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	14	86	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	87	0
4	13	87	0
5	13	87	0
6	12	88	0
7	12	88	0
8	12	87	1
9	12	87	1
10	12	87	1
11	12	87	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	12	87	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	88	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	10	89	1
26	10	89	1
27	10	89	1
28	10	89	1
29	10	89	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	49
2	50
3	50
4	51
5	52
6	52
7	52
8	52
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	53
14	53
15	53
16	53
17	53
18	53
19	53
20	53
21	53
22	53
23	53
24	53
25	53
26	54
27	54
28	54
29	54
30	54
31	54

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	14	86	0
2	14	86	0
3	13	87	0
4	13	87	0
5	13	87	0
6	12	88	0
7	12	88	0
8	12	87	1
9	12	87	1
10	12	87	1
11	12	87	1
12	12	87	1
13	12	87	1
14	12	87	1
15	12	87	1
16	11	88	1
17	11	88	1
18	11	88	1
19	11	88	1
20	11	88	1
21	11	88	1
22	11	88	1
23	11	88	1
24	11	88	1
25	10	89	1
26	10	89	1
27	10	89	1
28	10	89	1
29	10	89	1
30	10	89	1
31	10	89	1