Itapipoca weather in January

In January, Itapipoca sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 113 mm of rain across 18 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-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 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Itapipoca's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itapipoca's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
9th coldest
Rainfall
113 mm
18 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:42 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
67%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Itapipoca 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Itapipoca reaches about 31°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 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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

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.

Itapipoca weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 24°1131812.23.5
Feb30° / 23°15521.412.13.2
Mar30° / 23°22926123.1
Apr30° / 23°2482511.93.2
May30° / 23°10917.811.84.1
Jun31° / 23°388.511.85.0
Jul31° / 23°184.311.85.1
Aug33° / 23°5111.94.8
Sep33° / 24°30.6124.7
Oct33° / 24°51.312.14.5
Nov33° / 24°82.312.24.4
Dec32° / 24°308.212.24.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15149
24951
34852
44753
54555
64456
74357
84060
94060
103961
113862
123763
133664
143565
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Itapipoca gets around 113 mm of rain over 18 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 58% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
146
247
348
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550
651
752
853
954
1055
1156
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1761
1861
1961
2062
2162
2263
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2564
2664
2764
2864
2964
3064
3164

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
111890
210900
39901
49901
58911
67921
77921
87921
96931
106931
115941
125932
135932
144942
154942
164942
174942
184942
194942
204933
214933
224933
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264933
274933
284933
294924
304924
314924

Wind in January

Winds average 12 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:36 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:365:47
212.25:365:48
312.25:365:48
412.25:375:49
512.25:375:49
612.25:385:50
712.25:385:50
812.25:395:50
912.25:395:51
1012.25:405:51
1112.25:405:51
1212.25:405:52
1312.25:415:52
1412.25:415:52
1512.25:425:53
1612.25:425:53
1712.25:435:53
1812.25:435:54
1912.25:435:54
2012.25:445:54
2112.25:445:54
2212.25:445:55
2312.25:455:55
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2612.25:465:55
2712.25:465:56
2812.25:465:56
2912.25:475:56
3012.25:475:56
3112.25:475:56

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Itapipoca

In seasonPeak

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

Itapipoca's monsoon runs January–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is January a good time to visit Itapipoca?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Itapipoca.

What to pack for Itapipoca in January

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

In January, Itapipoca sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Itapipoca in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 47 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 27°C.

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

26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun28Tropical
Jul27Warm
Aug27Warm
Sep27Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Itapipoca in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Itapipoca peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Itapipoca?

Itapipoca sits at 3.5°S, 39.6°W, 103 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Uruburetama, 16 km away.

Topography around Itapipoca

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itapipoca has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 452 m around an average of 156 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,051 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,065 m.

The land around Itapipoca is covered by trees (36%), grassland (35%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (41%), shrubs (28%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (44%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
452 m
16 km
1,051 m
80 km
1,065 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Uruburetama 16 km · Turaru 20 km · Itapagé 21 km · Amontada 32 km · Umirim 32 km · Irauçuba 36 km · Trairi 42 km · Pentecoste 48 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 Itapipoca (-3.4944°, -39.5786°, elevation 103 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).