Nhamundá weather in January

In January, Nhamundá sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 351 mm of rain across 27.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 4th-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 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels miserable.

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

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
351 mm
27.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:53 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
85%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

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 Nhamundá reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°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 Nhamundá

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.

Nhamundá weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°35127.512.13.0
Feb29° / 24°36625.612.13.0
Mar29° / 24°42729122.9
Apr29° / 24°42928.9122.8
May30° / 24°32528.711.92.9
Jun30° / 24°18923.811.93.3
Jul31° / 24°12219.211.93.9
Aug32° / 25°7813.511.94.0
Sep32° / 26°8912.6123.7
Oct32° / 26°12414.9123.4
Nov32° / 25°16618.912.13.2
Dec31° / 25°26424.612.13.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31585
41585
51486
61486
71486
81486
91486
101387
111288
121288
131288
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nhamundá gets around 351 mm of rain over 27.5 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 89% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
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690
790
890
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1090
1191
1291
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1491
1590
1690
1790
1889
1989
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2188
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2787
2887
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3087
3187

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 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12872
22971
33070
43169
53268
63367
73466
83565
93664
103763
113862
123961
134060
144060
154159
164159
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184159
194159
204060
214060
223961
233862
243763
253763
263664
273664
283664
293565
303565
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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 6 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 06 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 grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:57 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:466:54
212.16:476:54
312.16:476:55
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512.16:486:55
612.16:496:56
712.16:496:56
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912.16:506:57
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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 4.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Nhamundá

In seasonPeak

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

Nhamundá's rainy season runs December–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 Nhamundá?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nhamundá.

What to pack for Nhamundá in January

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

In January, Nhamundá 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 Nhamundá 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 Nhamundá peaks around February 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 16 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeFeb 21UV 15Nov 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Nhamundá 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 Nhamundá is worst in November — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateNov 1028 µg/m³Jun 199 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul9Good
Aug12Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nhamundá?

Nhamundá sits at 2.2°S, 56.7°W, 1 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Terra Santa, 27 km away.

Topography around Nhamundá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nhamundá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 15 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 217 m.

The land around Nhamundá is covered by water (46%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (48%), water (26%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
140 m
80 km
217 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Terra Santa 27 km · Parintins 49 km · Juruti 69 km · Barreirinha 78 km · Oriximiná 105 km · Urucará 123 km · Óbidos 136 km · Maués 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 Nhamundá (-2.1861°, -56.7131°, elevation 1 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).