Itanhém weather in January

In January, Itanhém sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 81 mm of rain across 11.5 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-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 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Itanhém's 10th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itanhém's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 81 mm; 11.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:23 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Itanhém is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Itanhém reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than 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	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
7	31	21
8	31	21
9	31	21
10	31	21
11	31	21
12	31	21
13	31	21
14	31	21
15	31	21
16	31	21
17	31	21
18	31	21
19	31	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	32	21
25	32	21
26	32	21
27	32	21
28	32	21
29	32	21
30	32	21
31	32	21

How January really feels in Itanhém

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.

Itanhém weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	81	11.5	12.9	4.1
Feb	32° / 22°	59	9.3	12.6	4.0
Mar	31° / 21°	111	15.4	12.1	3.9
Apr	30° / 20°	73	13.8	11.6	4.7
May	28° / 19°	40	10.1	11.2	6.1
Jun	27° / 17°	30	8.9	11	6.7
Jul	26° / 17°	31	9.4	11.1	6.8
Aug	27° / 16°	25	7.5	11.4	6.9
Sep	28° / 18°	30	6.7	11.9	6.3
Oct	29° / 19°	77	9.8	12.4	5.2
Nov	29° / 20°	139	14.7	12.8	4.5
Dec	31° / 21°	133	13.9	13	4.2

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 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. 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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	43	44	44	45	45	46	47	47	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	47	48	48	48
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	59	57	56	56	55	55	54	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	53	53	52	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Itanhém gets around 81 mm of rain over 11.5 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 38% and peaks near 39% 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 (%)	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	35

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

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Muggy (%)	64	63	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	59	59	60	59
Oppressive (%)	33	34	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	39	39

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	63	34
3	3	63	34
4	3	63	34
5	3	62	35
6	3	62	35
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	60	37
12	2	60	38
13	2	60	38
14	2	60	38
15	2	59	39
16	2	58	40
17	2	58	40
18	1	58	41
19	1	58	41
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	58	41
23	1	58	41
24	1	58	41
25	1	58	41
26	1	58	41
27	1	59	40
28	1	59	40
29	1	59	40
30	1	60	39
31	2	59	39

Wind in January

Winds average 10 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 10 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	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
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24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of January to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:14 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:18 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	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	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18

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

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.26 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 6.26 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)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.3	Intense
10	6.3	Intense
11	6.3	Intense
12	6.3	Intense
13	6.3	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.2	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.2	Intense
30	6.2	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Itanhém

In seasonPeak

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

Itanhém's rainy season runs March–April, 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 Itanhém?

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

6.2

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Itanhém in January

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

In January, Itanhém sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Itanhém 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 Itanhém peaks around February 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (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	8	7	8	9	11	12	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	8	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Itanhém?

Itanhém sits at 17.2°S, 40.3°W, 189 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Medeiros Neto, 26 km away.

Topography around Itanhém

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itanhém has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 201 m around an average of 212 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 623 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,163 m.

The land around Itanhém is covered by grassland (90%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (75%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

201 m

grassland 90%

16 km

623 m

grassland 85%

80 km

1,163 m

grassland 75%

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

January weather nearby: Medeiros Neto 26 km · Águas Formosas 65 km · Teixeira de Freitas 75 km · Nanuque 75 km · Carlos Chagas 76 km · Itamaraju 86 km · Guaratinga 87 km · Posto da Mata 94 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 Itanhém (-17.1664°, -40.33°, elevation 189 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	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
7	31	21
8	31	21
9	31	21
10	31	21
11	31	21
12	31	21
13	31	21
14	31	21
15	31	21
16	31	21
17	31	21
18	31	21
19	31	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	32	21
25	32	21
26	32	21
27	32	21
28	32	21
29	32	21
30	32	21
31	32	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	63	34
3	3	63	34
4	3	63	34
5	3	62	35
6	3	62	35
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	60	37
12	2	60	38
13	2	60	38
14	2	60	38
15	2	59	39
16	2	58	40
17	2	58	40
18	1	58	41
19	1	58	41
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	58	41
23	1	58	41
24	1	58	41
25	1	58	41
26	1	58	41
27	1	59	40
28	1	59	40
29	1	59	40
30	1	60	39
31	2	59	39

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
7	31	21
8	31	21
9	31	21
10	31	21
11	31	21
12	31	21
13	31	21
14	31	21
15	31	21
16	31	21
17	31	21
18	31	21
19	31	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	32	21
25	32	21
26	32	21
27	32	21
28	32	21
29	32	21
30	32	21
31	32	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	63	34
3	3	63	34
4	3	63	34
5	3	62	35
6	3	62	35
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	60	37
12	2	60	38
13	2	60	38
14	2	60	38
15	2	59	39
16	2	58	40
17	2	58	40
18	1	58	41
19	1	58	41
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	58	41
23	1	58	41
24	1	58	41
25	1	58	41
26	1	58	41
27	1	59	40
28	1	59	40
29	1	59	40
30	1	60	39
31	2	59	39

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	31	21
4	31	21
5	31	21
6	31	21
7	31	21
8	31	21
9	31	21
10	31	21
11	31	21
12	31	21
13	31	21
14	31	21
15	31	21
16	31	21
17	31	21
18	31	21
19	31	21
20	31	21
21	31	21
22	31	21
23	31	21
24	32	21
25	32	21
26	32	21
27	32	21
28	32	21
29	32	21
30	32	21
31	32	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	39	61
6	40	60
7	40	60
8	41	59
9	41	59
10	41	59
11	43	57
12	44	56
13	44	56
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	47	53
18	47	53
19	47	53
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	47	53
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	48	52
27	47	53
28	47	53
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	48	52

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	64	33
2	3	63	34
3	3	63	34
4	3	63	34
5	3	62	35
6	3	62	35
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	60	37
11	3	60	37
12	2	60	38
13	2	60	38
14	2	60	38
15	2	59	39
16	2	58	40
17	2	58	40
18	1	58	41
19	1	58	41
20	1	58	41
21	1	58	41
22	1	58	41
23	1	58	41
24	1	58	41
25	1	58	41
26	1	58	41
27	1	59	40
28	1	59	40
29	1	59	40
30	1	60	39
31	2	59	39