Ouricuri weather in January

In January, Ouricuri sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 88 mm of rain across 11.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ouricuri's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ouricuri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
5th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
11.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:37 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
64%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Ouricuri is 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 33°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ouricuri reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Ouricuri

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.

Ouricuri weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°8811.312.43.4
Feb32° / 23°9912.412.33.6
Mar32° / 23°11714.512.13.6
Apr31° / 22°7012.211.84.0
May31° / 22°459.111.64.7
Jun30° / 21°165.311.65.6
Jul30° / 20°133.311.65.9
Aug31° / 20°61.611.75.5
Sep33° / 21°30.9124.4
Oct35° / 23°91.612.23.4
Nov35° / 24°233.412.43.0
Dec34° / 24°455.312.53.2

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% 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 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24654
34654
44654
54654
64555
74555
84555
94456
104456
114357
124357
134357
144159
154159
164159
174060
184060
194060
204159
214159
224258
234258
244258
254258
264258
274258
284357
294357
304456
314456

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ouricuri gets around 88 mm of rain over 11.3 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 37% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
125
226
327
428
528
629
730
830
931
1032
1133
1234
1335
1436
1538
1639
1740
1841
1942
2042
2143
2243
2343
2443
2543
2643
2743
2843
2942
3042
3142

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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 62% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1112403810
2111393910
3111393911
4111383912
5111373913
6110373913
7110363814
8110363815
9110363816
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11010353718
12010343719
1309333720
1409333720
1509323821
1608313822
1708303923
1808293924
1907274025
2007264026
2106254127
2206254227
2306244327
2405234527
2505224627
2605214727
2704214827
2804204827
2904204927
3004205027
3104195126

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)Feels
111calm
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411calm
511calm
611calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 6:04 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:305:57
212.45:305:57
312.45:315:58
412.45:315:58
512.45:325:59
612.45:325:59
712.45:335:59
812.45:336:00
912.45:346:00
1012.45:346:00
1112.45:356:01
1212.45:356:01
1312.45:366:01
1412.45:366:01
1512.45:376:02
1612.45:376:02
1712.45:386:02
1812.45:386:02
1912.45:396:03
2012.45:396:03
2112.45:396:03
2212.45:406:03
2312.45:406:03
2412.45:416:03
2512.45:416:04
2612.45:416:04
2712.45:426:04
2812.45:426:04
2912.45:436:04
3012.45:436:04
3112.35:436:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.8 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.79 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Bright
75.9Bright
85.9Bright
95.9Bright
105.8Bright
115.8Bright
125.8Bright
135.8Bright
145.8Bright
155.7Bright
165.7Bright
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205.7Bright
215.7Bright
225.7Bright
235.7Bright
245.7Bright
255.7Bright
265.7Bright
275.7Bright
285.8Bright
295.8Bright
305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ouricuri

In seasonPeak

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

Ouricuri's rainy season runs January–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 Ouricuri?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
6.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ouricuri.

What to pack for Ouricuri in January

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

In January, Ouricuri sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ouricuri 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 Ouricuri peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Jul 13UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Ouricuri?

Ouricuri sits at 7.9°S, 40.1°W, 451 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bodocó, 19 km away.

Topography around Ouricuri

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ouricuri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 459 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 282 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 630 m.

The land around Ouricuri is covered by shrubs (41%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (70%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
282 m
80 km
630 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Bodocó 19 km · Trindade 24 km · Ipubi 27 km · Exu 57 km · Araripina 57 km · Parnamirim 60 km · Araripe 75 km · Salitre 78 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 Ouricuri (-7.8825°, -40.0817°, elevation 451 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).