Piritiba weather in January

In January, Piritiba sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 88 mm of rain across 12.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Piritiba's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piritiba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 88 mm; 12.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:33 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 6th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.91 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Piritiba is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Piritiba reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

How January really feels in Piritiba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Piritiba 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	88	12.6	12.6	4.5
Feb	30° / 21°	64	13.3	12.4	4.3
Mar	30° / 21°	85	15.8	12.1	4.3
Apr	29° / 20°	57	16.2	11.7	4.8
May	27° / 19°	46	13.9	11.5	5.8
Jun	25° / 18°	45	15.9	11.3	5.8
Jul	25° / 17°	42	15.6	11.4	5.9
Aug	26° / 17°	39	14.2	11.6	6.1
Sep	28° / 18°	30	10.6	11.9	6.1
Oct	30° / 19°	37	8.1	12.3	5.5
Nov	30° / 20°	70	9.8	12.5	5.0
Dec	30° / 20°	73	10.1	12.7	4.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	46	46	45	46	45	46	46	45	45	46	46	45	45	45	46	45	45	45	47	47	48	48	48	48	47	48	48	48	48	49
Cloudier (%)	54	54	54	55	54	55	54	54	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	54	55	55	55	53	53	52	52	52	52	53	52	52	52	52	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piritiba gets around 88 mm of rain over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	33
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

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 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 75% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	23	22	22
Muggy (%)	70	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	66	65	66	67	67	68	69	70	71	71
Oppressive (%)	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	26	70	4
2	0	26	69	5
3	0	25	70	5
4	0	25	70	5
5	0	25	70	5
6	0	24	70	6
7	0	24	70	6
8	0	24	70	6
9	0	24	69	7
10	0	24	69	7
11	0	24	69	7
12	0	24	69	7
13	0	24	69	7
14	0	24	68	8
15	0	24	68	8
16	0	24	68	8
17	0	24	68	8
18	0	25	67	8
19	0	25	67	8
20	0	25	67	8
21	0	26	66	8
22	0	26	66	8
23	1	26	65	8
24	1	26	66	7
25	1	25	67	7
26	1	25	67	7
27	1	24	68	7
28	1	24	69	6
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	22	71	6
31	1	22	71	6

Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 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 5:25 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:06 PM to 6:11 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40
Sunset (PM)	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:25	6:06
2	12.7	5:26	6:06
3	12.7	5:26	6:06
4	12.7	5:27	6:07
5	12.7	5:27	6:07
6	12.7	5:28	6:07
7	12.7	5:28	6:08
8	12.7	5:29	6:08
9	12.7	5:29	6:08
10	12.6	5:30	6:09
11	12.6	5:30	6:09
12	12.6	5:31	6:09
13	12.6	5:31	6:09
14	12.6	5:32	6:10
15	12.6	5:32	6:10
16	12.6	5:33	6:10
17	12.6	5:33	6:10
18	12.6	5:34	6:10
19	12.6	5:34	6:11
20	12.6	5:35	6:11
21	12.6	5:35	6:11
22	12.6	5:36	6:11
23	12.6	5:36	6:11
24	12.6	5:37	6:11
25	12.6	5:37	6:11
26	12.6	5:38	6:11
27	12.5	5:38	6:11
28	12.5	5:39	6:11
29	12.5	5:39	6:11
30	12.5	5:40	6:11
31	12.5	5:40	6:11

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.31 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.91 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	6.0	Bright
4	6.0	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
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13	5.8	Bright
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27	5.9	Bright
28	5.9	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Piritiba?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Piritiba for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Piritiba in January

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

In January, Piritiba sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Piritiba 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 Piritiba peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	12	10	9	9	10	12	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Piritiba?

Piritiba sits at 11.7°S, 40.6°W, 542 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Mundo Novo, 17 km away.

Topography around Piritiba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piritiba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 547 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 474 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,055 m.

The land around Piritiba is covered by grassland (53%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (37%), grassland (37%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), shrubs (29%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

grassland 53%

16 km

474 m

trees 37%

80 km

1,055 m

grassland 42%

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← December Piritiba year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Mundo Novo 17 km · Tapiramutá 29 km · Miguel Calmon 34 km · Mairi 44 km · Baixa Grande 49 km · Jacobina 61 km · Ruy Barbosa 62 km · Morro do Chapéu 69 km

Brazil travel facts

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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
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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 Piritiba (-11.7303°, -40.5553°, elevation 542 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	33
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	26	70	4
2	0	26	69	5
3	0	25	70	5
4	0	25	70	5
5	0	25	70	5
6	0	24	70	6
7	0	24	70	6
8	0	24	70	6
9	0	24	69	7
10	0	24	69	7
11	0	24	69	7
12	0	24	69	7
13	0	24	69	7
14	0	24	68	8
15	0	24	68	8
16	0	24	68	8
17	0	24	68	8
18	0	25	67	8
19	0	25	67	8
20	0	25	67	8
21	0	26	66	8
22	0	26	66	8
23	1	26	65	8
24	1	26	66	7
25	1	25	67	7
26	1	25	67	7
27	1	24	68	7
28	1	24	69	6
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	22	71	6
31	1	22	71	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	33
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	26	70	4
2	0	26	69	5
3	0	25	70	5
4	0	25	70	5
5	0	25	70	5
6	0	24	70	6
7	0	24	70	6
8	0	24	70	6
9	0	24	69	7
10	0	24	69	7
11	0	24	69	7
12	0	24	69	7
13	0	24	69	7
14	0	24	68	8
15	0	24	68	8
16	0	24	68	8
17	0	24	68	8
18	0	25	67	8
19	0	25	67	8
20	0	25	67	8
21	0	26	66	8
22	0	26	66	8
23	1	26	65	8
24	1	26	66	7
25	1	25	67	7
26	1	25	67	7
27	1	24	68	7
28	1	24	69	6
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	22	71	6
31	1	22	71	6

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	46	54
3	46	54
4	45	55
5	46	54
6	45	55
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	47	53
21	47	53
22	48	52
23	48	52
24	48	52
25	48	52
26	47	53
27	48	52
28	48	52
29	48	52
30	48	52
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	32
2	33
3	34
4	35
5	36
6	37
7	38
8	39
9	40
10	41
11	41
12	42
13	43
14	43
15	43
16	44
17	44
18	44
19	44
20	44
21	43
22	43
23	43
24	42
25	42
26	42
27	42
28	42
29	42
30	42
31	42

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	26	70	4
2	0	26	69	5
3	0	25	70	5
4	0	25	70	5
5	0	25	70	5
6	0	24	70	6
7	0	24	70	6
8	0	24	70	6
9	0	24	69	7
10	0	24	69	7
11	0	24	69	7
12	0	24	69	7
13	0	24	69	7
14	0	24	68	8
15	0	24	68	8
16	0	24	68	8
17	0	24	68	8
18	0	25	67	8
19	0	25	67	8
20	0	25	67	8
21	0	26	66	8
22	0	26	66	8
23	1	26	65	8
24	1	26	66	7
25	1	25	67	7
26	1	25	67	7
27	1	24	68	7
28	1	24	69	6
29	1	23	70	6
30	1	22	71	6
31	1	22	71	6