Parambu weather in January

In January, Parambu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 117 mm of rain across 16.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-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 15% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Parambu's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Parambu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
16.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:42 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
71%
10th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.1
out of 10

Parambu is District of the municipality of Parambu, Ceará, 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 Parambu reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13122
23122
33122
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103121
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How January really feels in Parambu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Parambu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°11716.412.34.1
Feb29° / 21°11717.312.24.1
Mar29° / 21°14320.9124.1
Apr29° / 21°10916.711.94.6
May29° / 21°467.411.75.7
Jun29° / 20°132.211.66.4
Jul30° / 19°50.911.76.3
Aug31° / 19°30.411.85.8
Sep32° / 20°30.3125.0
Oct33° / 21°71.112.14.4
Nov33° / 22°102.112.34.3
Dec32° / 22°366.212.44.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14159
24159
34159
44060
53961
63862
73763
83664
93664
103565
113466
123268
133169
143169
153070
163070
172971
182971
192971
202971
213070
222971
232971
243070
253169
263169
273169
283169
293169
303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Parambu gets around 117 mm of rain over 16.4 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 53% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
137
239
340
442
543
644
745
847
948
1049
1151
1252
1353
1455
1556
1657
1758
1859
1959
2059
2159
2259
2359
2459
2559
2659
2758
2857
2956
3055
3155

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11039501
21038511
3936541
4935551
5933571
6832591
7831592
8829612
9728623
10727633
11626653
12625654
13624664
14523684
15522685
16521695
17520705
18519715
19519715
20418726
21417736
22416746
23416746
24415756
25415756
26414766
27314776
28314776
29313786
30313786
31313786

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
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
910calm
1010calm
1110calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:48 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)
112.45:355:57
212.45:365:57
312.45:365:57
412.45:375:58
512.35:375:58
612.35:385:59
712.35:385:59
812.35:395:59
912.35:396:00
1012.35:406:00
1112.35:406:00
1212.35:416:01
1312.35:416:01
1412.35:416:01
1512.35:426:02
1612.35:426:02
1712.35:436:02
1812.35:436:02
1912.35:446:03
2012.35:446:03
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2212.35:456:03
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2712.35:476:04
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2912.35:476:04
3012.35:486:04
3112.35:486:04

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
25.6Bright
35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.4Bright
95.4Bright
105.4Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
145.3Bright
155.2Bright
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245.2Bright
255.2Bright
265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.3Bright
305.3Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Parambu

In seasonPeak

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

Parambu'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 Parambu?

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

4.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Parambu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Parambu in January

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

In January, Parambu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Parambu 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 Parambu peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Parambu?

Parambu sits at 6.2°S, 40.7°W, 478 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Quiterianópolis, 41 km away.

Topography around Parambu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Parambu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 83 m around an average of 489 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 615 m.

The land around Parambu is covered by shrubs (58%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (81%) within 16 km, and shrubs (85%) within 80 km.

3 km
83 m
16 km
410 m
80 km
615 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Quiterianópolis 41 km · Tauá 50 km · São João dos Inhamuns 51 km · Pio IX 70 km · Novo Oriente 76 km · Ipueiras 95 km · Independência 100 km · Campos Sales 102 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 Parambu (-6.2111°, -40.6944°, elevation 478 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).