Maués weather in January

In January, Maués sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 321 mm of rain across 28.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Maués's 9th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maués's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
321 mm
28.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:55 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
88%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Maués 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Maués reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°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 about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Maués

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.

Maués weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°32128.412.22.8
Feb30° / 24°31725.812.12.9
Mar30° / 24°34228.5122.8
Apr30° / 24°35628.311.92.7
May30° / 24°26127.911.82.9
Jun30° / 24°12320.311.83.6
Jul31° / 24°9917.811.83.9
Aug32° / 24°9215.111.93.8
Sep32° / 25°10916.6123.3
Oct32° / 25°13017.612.13.1
Nov32° / 25°18221.112.23.0
Dec31° / 24°25626.412.22.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Maués gets around 321 mm of rain over 28.4 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 92% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the miserable band about 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11783
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 06 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 5:48 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:486:00
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Maués

In seasonPeak

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

Maués's rainy season runs November–May, 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 Maués?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Maués.

What to pack for Maués in January

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

In January, Maués sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Maués 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 Maués peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Nov 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Maués in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Maués is worst in November — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.5× the cleanest month (June, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 924 µg/m³Jun 1510 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul11Good
Aug19Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Maués?

Maués sits at 3.4°S, 57.7°W, 19 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Urucurituba, 56 km away.

Topography around Maués

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maués has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 21 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m.

The land around Maués is covered by trees (50%) and water (32%) within 3 km, trees (79%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
56 m
80 km
124 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Urucurituba 56 km · Itacoatiara 85 km · Urucará 94 km · Barreirinha 97 km · Parintins 138 km · Autazes 158 km · Nova Olinda do Norte 163 km · Nhamundá 174 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 Maués (-3.3836°, -57.7186°, elevation 19 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).