Orleans weather in January

In January, Orleans sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 314 mm of rain across 22.9 wet days and about 13.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 48 min at the start of January to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Orleans's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orleans's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
12th coldest
Rainfall
314 mm
22.9 wet days
Daylight
13 h 36 min
6:38 AM – 8:15 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Orleans is central town of Orleans Municipality, Santa Catarina, 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Orleans reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Orleans weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°31422.913.64.5
Feb27° / 19°27821.5134.4
Mar26° / 18°19920.612.25.0
Apr24° / 15°12013.211.36.3
May21° / 12°13311.510.66.4
Jun20° / 11°989.910.26.4
Jul20° / 10°8710.110.46.4
Aug21° / 11°9810116.7
Sep22° / 13°14113.911.85.9
Oct23° / 15°16617.712.75.5
Nov25° / 16°19217.413.45.5
Dec27° / 18°22619.613.85.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
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63070
72971
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Orleans gets around 314 mm of rain over 22.9 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 74% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days.

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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 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 67% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 48 min at the start of January to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:27 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 8:14 PM to 8:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.86:278:14
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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 5.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Orleans?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Orleans for sightseeing.

What to pack for Orleans in January

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

In January, Orleans sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Orleans in January

The nearest coast averages about 25°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 50 km away) is warmest in February at about 25°C and coldest in August near 17°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Oct 23 to Jun 1 — about 7.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swimcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan25Warm
Feb25Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr24Refreshing
May21Refreshing
Jun19Cool
Jul17Cool
Aug17Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct20Cool
Nov21Refreshing
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Orleans 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 Orleans peaks around January 24 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 24UV 13Jun 22UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr8Very high
May5High
Jun4Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug6High
Sep8Very high
Oct10Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Orleans 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 Orleans is worst in August — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (March, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 1916 µg/m³Mar 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar7Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul10Good
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Orleans?

Orleans sits at 28.4°S, 49.3°W, 131 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Braço do Norte, 15 km away.

Topography around Orleans

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orleans has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 171 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,812 m.

The land around Orleans is covered by trees (60%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), grassland (22%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
249 m
16 km
557 m
80 km
1,812 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Braço do Norte 15 km · Urussanga 18 km · Cocal do Sul 27 km · Tubarão 30 km · Morro da Fumaça 33 km · Capivari de Baixo 34 km · Criciúma 36 km · Jaguaruna 39 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 Orleans (-28.3589°, -49.2914°, elevation 131 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. 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).