Macaparana weather in January

In January, Macaparana sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 48 mm of rain across 14.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-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 22% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Macaparana's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Macaparana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 48 mm; 14.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 5:19 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Macaparana 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 Macaparana reaches about 31°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 29°C and 32°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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	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	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
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How January really feels in Macaparana

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.

Macaparana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	48	14.2	12.4	4.2
Feb	31° / 23°	53	14.1	12.2	4.0
Mar	31° / 23°	73	16.8	12.1	3.9
Apr	30° / 23°	74	17.3	11.8	4.1
May	29° / 22°	72	17	11.7	4.8
Jun	27° / 21°	70	15.7	11.6	5.5
Jul	27° / 20°	57	14.6	11.6	5.9
Aug	27° / 20°	34	11.9	11.8	6.2
Sep	28° / 20°	23	9.4	12	6.1
Oct	30° / 21°	19	7.2	12.2	5.5
Nov	31° / 22°	18	6.4	12.3	5.2
Dec	31° / 22°	27	10	12.4	4.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	55	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	53	53	53
Cloudier (%)	45	46	46	47	47	48	49	49	50	51	51	51	52	52	53	53	53	54	54	53	53	52	51	51	50	49	49	48	47	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
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26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Macaparana gets around 48 mm of rain over 14.2 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 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	38	38	39	40	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
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6	41
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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 51% 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
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	58	57	56	55	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	44
Oppressive (%)	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	56

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	60	39
2	1	60	39
3	1	59	40
4	1	59	40
5	1	58	41
6	1	58	41
7	1	57	42
8	0	58	42
9	0	57	43
10	0	56	44
11	0	55	45
12	0	54	46
13	0	53	47
14	0	52	48
15	0	51	49
16	0	50	50
17	0	49	51
18	0	48	52
19	0	47	53
20	0	47	53
21	0	46	54
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	44	56
25	0	44	56
26	0	43	57
27	0	43	57
28	0	43	57
29	0	43	57
30	0	43	57
31	0	44	56

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 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 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 5:12 AM to 5:25 AM, and sunset from 5:38 PM to 5:45 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:25
Sunset (PM)	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:12	5:38
2	12.4	5:12	5:38
3	12.4	5:13	5:39
4	12.4	5:13	5:39
5	12.4	5:14	5:40
6	12.4	5:14	5:40
7	12.4	5:15	5:40
8	12.4	5:15	5:41
9	12.4	5:16	5:41
10	12.4	5:16	5:41
11	12.4	5:17	5:42
12	12.4	5:17	5:42
13	12.4	5:18	5:42
14	12.4	5:18	5:42
15	12.4	5:19	5:43
16	12.4	5:19	5:43
17	12.4	5:20	5:43
18	12.4	5:20	5:43
19	12.4	5:21	5:44
20	12.4	5:21	5:44
21	12.4	5:21	5:44
22	12.4	5:22	5:44
23	12.4	5:22	5:44
24	12.4	5:23	5:44
25	12.4	5:23	5:45
26	12.4	5:23	5:45
27	12.4	5:24	5:45
28	12.3	5:24	5:45
29	12.3	5:25	5:45
30	12.3	5:25	5:45
31	12.3	5:25	5:45

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
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23	5.7	Bright
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27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Macaparana?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Macaparana in January

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

In January, Macaparana sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Macaparana 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 Macaparana peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 at about 10 (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	14	15	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Macaparana?

Macaparana sits at 7.6°S, 35.5°W, 347 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is São Vicente Férrer, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Macaparana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Macaparana has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 290 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 603 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,040 m.

The land around Macaparana is covered by grassland (66%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (56%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) within 80 km.

3 km

290 m

grassland 66%

16 km

603 m

grassland 56%

80 km

1,040 m

grassland 60%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves

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

January weather nearby: São Vicente Férrer 6.0 km · Timbaúba 16 km · Vicência 18 km · Aliança 25 km · Ferreiros 26 km · Orobó 27 km · Aroeiras 28 km · Itabaiana 28 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 Macaparana (-7.5547°, -35.4531°, elevation 347 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	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	55	45
2	54	46
3	54	46
4	53	47
5	53	47
6	52	48
7	51	49
8	51	49
9	50	50
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	49	51
13	48	52
14	48	52
15	47	53
16	47	53
17	47	53
18	46	54
19	46	54
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	49	51
24	49	51
25	50	50
26	51	49
27	51	49
28	52	48
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	43
9	44
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
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22	50
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24	50
25	50
26	49
27	49
28	48
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30	47
31	46

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	60	39
2	1	60	39
3	1	59	40
4	1	59	40
5	1	58	41
6	1	58	41
7	1	57	42
8	0	58	42
9	0	57	43
10	0	56	44
11	0	55	45
12	0	54	46
13	0	53	47
14	0	52	48
15	0	51	49
16	0	50	50
17	0	49	51
18	0	48	52
19	0	47	53
20	0	47	53
21	0	46	54
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	44	56
25	0	44	56
26	0	43	57
27	0	43	57
28	0	43	57
29	0	43	57
30	0	43	57
31	0	44	56

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	43
9	44
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	50
22	50
23	50
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25	50
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	60	39
2	1	60	39
3	1	59	40
4	1	59	40
5	1	58	41
6	1	58	41
7	1	57	42
8	0	58	42
9	0	57	43
10	0	56	44
11	0	55	45
12	0	54	46
13	0	53	47
14	0	52	48
15	0	51	49
16	0	50	50
17	0	49	51
18	0	48	52
19	0	47	53
20	0	47	53
21	0	46	54
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	44	56
25	0	44	56
26	0	43	57
27	0	43	57
28	0	43	57
29	0	43	57
30	0	43	57
31	0	44	56

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	38
2	38
3	39
4	40
5	40
6	41
7	42
8	43
9	44
10	45
11	46
12	47
13	48
14	48
15	49
16	50
17	50
18	50
19	50
20	50
21	50
22	50
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	49
27	49
28	48
29	48
30	47
31	46

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	1	60	39
2	1	60	39
3	1	59	40
4	1	59	40
5	1	58	41
6	1	58	41
7	1	57	42
8	0	58	42
9	0	57	43
10	0	56	44
11	0	55	45
12	0	54	46
13	0	53	47
14	0	52	48
15	0	51	49
16	0	50	50
17	0	49	51
18	0	48	52
19	0	47	53
20	0	47	53
21	0	46	54
22	0	45	55
23	0	45	55
24	0	44	56
25	0	44	56
26	0	43	57
27	0	43	57
28	0	43	57
29	0	43	57
30	0	43	57
31	0	44	56