Maracás weather in January

In January, Maracás sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 90 mm of rain across 11.4 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maracás's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maracás's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 90 mm; 11.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 42 min; 5:30 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 67%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Maracás 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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Maracás reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
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10	29	20
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15	29	20
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17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

Maracás 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	29° / 20°	90	11.4	12.7	5.1
Feb	29° / 20°	77	11.2	12.4	5.0
Mar	29° / 20°	99	12.7	12.1	5.0
Apr	28° / 20°	68	12.5	11.7	5.7
May	26° / 18°	30	8.1	11.4	6.8
Jun	25° / 17°	19	6.9	11.2	7.2
Jul	25° / 16°	17	6.5	11.3	7.4
Aug	25° / 16°	14	4.9	11.6	7.5
Sep	27° / 17°	15	4.3	11.9	7.3
Oct	29° / 18°	45	6.9	12.3	6.0
Nov	29° / 19°	110	12.4	12.6	5.2
Dec	29° / 20°	107	11.1	12.8	5.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	38	38	39	39	38	38	39	39	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	41	41	43	43	44	44	44	45	45	46
Cloudier (%)	62	62	61	61	62	62	61	61	62	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	60	59	59	57	57	56	56	56	55	55	54

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maracás gets around 90 mm of rain over 11.4 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 41% 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 (%)	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	37	37

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 66% 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 (%)	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33
Muggy (%)	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	66	66	66	66
Oppressive (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	37	62	1
2	37	62	1
3	36	63	1
4	36	63	1
5	35	64	1
6	35	64	1
7	34	65	1
8	34	65	1
9	34	65	1
10	33	66	1
11	33	65	2
12	33	65	2
13	33	65	2
14	33	65	2
15	33	65	2
16	33	65	2
17	33	65	2
18	33	65	2
19	33	65	2
20	33	65	2
21	34	64	2
22	34	64	2
23	34	64	2
24	34	64	2
25	34	64	2
26	34	64	2
27	34	64	2
28	33	66	1
29	33	66	1
30	33	66	1
31	33	66	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 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	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
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31	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of January to 12 h 36 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 5:21 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:13 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)	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:21	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.8	5:21	6:08
2	12.8	5:22	6:09
3	12.8	5:23	6:09
4	12.8	5:23	6:09
5	12.8	5:24	6:10
6	12.8	5:24	6:10
7	12.8	5:25	6:10
8	12.8	5:25	6:11
9	12.8	5:26	6:11
10	12.7	5:26	6:11
11	12.7	5:27	6:11
12	12.7	5:27	6:12
13	12.7	5:28	6:12
14	12.7	5:29	6:12
15	12.7	5:29	6:12
16	12.7	5:30	6:12
17	12.7	5:30	6:13
18	12.7	5:31	6:13
19	12.7	5:31	6:13
20	12.7	5:32	6:13
21	12.7	5:32	6:13
22	12.7	5:33	6:13
23	12.7	5:33	6:13
24	12.7	5:34	6:13
25	12.6	5:34	6:13
26	12.6	5:35	6:13
27	12.6	5:35	6:13
28	12.6	5:36	6:13
29	12.6	5:36	6:13
30	12.6	5:37	6:13
31	12.6	5:37	6:13

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.96 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.96 kWh/m² in January across the year — January's 5.96 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)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	6.0	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Bright
9	6.0	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	5.9	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Maracás

In seasonPeak

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

Maracás's rainy season runs November–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 Maracás?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.6

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Maracás in January

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

In January, Maracás sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Maracás 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 Maracás peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (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	15	12	9	9	9	10	12	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Maracás?

Maracás sits at 13.4°S, 40.4°W, 963 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Jaguaquara, 51 km away.

Topography around Maracás

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maracás has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 950 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,100 m.

The land around Maracás is covered by grassland (42%), shrubs (25%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (40%), trees (35%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

175 m

grassland 42%

16 km

591 m

grassland 40%

80 km

1,100 m

grassland 43%

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

January weather nearby: Jaguaquara 51 km · Jequié 60 km · Iaçu 79 km · Ubaíra 85 km · Boa Vista do Tupim 89 km · Ibicoara 93 km · Barra da Estiva 99 km · Amargosa 100 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 Maracás (-13.4411°, -40.4308°, elevation 963 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	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	29	20
30	29	20
31	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	37	62	1
2	37	62	1
3	36	63	1
4	36	63	1
5	35	64	1
6	35	64	1
7	34	65	1
8	34	65	1
9	34	65	1
10	33	66	1
11	33	65	2
12	33	65	2
13	33	65	2
14	33	65	2
15	33	65	2
16	33	65	2
17	33	65	2
18	33	65	2
19	33	65	2
20	33	65	2
21	34	64	2
22	34	64	2
23	34	64	2
24	34	64	2
25	34	64	2
26	34	64	2
27	34	64	2
28	33	66	1
29	33	66	1
30	33	66	1
31	33	66	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	37	62	1
2	37	62	1
3	36	63	1
4	36	63	1
5	35	64	1
6	35	64	1
7	34	65	1
8	34	65	1
9	34	65	1
10	33	66	1
11	33	65	2
12	33	65	2
13	33	65	2
14	33	65	2
15	33	65	2
16	33	65	2
17	33	65	2
18	33	65	2
19	33	65	2
20	33	65	2
21	34	64	2
22	34	64	2
23	34	64	2
24	34	64	2
25	34	64	2
26	34	64	2
27	34	64	2
28	33	66	1
29	33	66	1
30	33	66	1
31	33	66	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	39	61
4	39	61
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	38	62
10	38	62
11	38	62
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	40	60
21	40	60
22	41	59
23	41	59
24	43	57
25	43	57
26	44	56
27	44	56
28	44	56
29	45	55
30	45	55
31	46	54

	Rain chance (%)
1	33
2	33
3	34
4	34
5	35
6	35
7	36
8	36
9	37
10	37
11	38
12	39
13	39
14	40
15	40
16	41
17	41
18	41
19	41
20	41
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	39
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	37
29	37
30	37
31	37

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	37	62	1
2	37	62	1
3	36	63	1
4	36	63	1
5	35	64	1
6	35	64	1
7	34	65	1
8	34	65	1
9	34	65	1
10	33	66	1
11	33	65	2
12	33	65	2
13	33	65	2
14	33	65	2
15	33	65	2
16	33	65	2
17	33	65	2
18	33	65	2
19	33	65	2
20	33	65	2
21	34	64	2
22	34	64	2
23	34	64	2
24	34	64	2
25	34	64	2
26	34	64	2
27	34	64	2
28	33	66	1
29	33	66	1
30	33	66	1
31	33	66	1