Porto Calvo weather in January

In January, Porto Calvo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 58 mm of rain across 17.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 9th-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 27% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Porto Calvo's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Porto Calvo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 17.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:17 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover: 59%; 7th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Porto Calvo is former frequesia and town of the Pernambuco Captaincy, actual old town of Porto Calvo, Alagoas.

Founded: 1575

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 Porto Calvo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
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3	31	23
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31	31	23

How January really feels in Porto Calvo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Porto Calvo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	58	17.4	12.5	4.0
Feb	31° / 23°	64	16.7	12.3	3.8
Mar	31° / 24°	80	19.8	12.1	3.7
Apr	30° / 23°	96	21	11.8	3.8
May	28° / 23°	122	23.6	11.6	4.1
Jun	27° / 22°	140	25.3	11.5	4.2
Jul	26° / 21°	128	25.3	11.5	4.4
Aug	27° / 21°	83	22.2	11.7	4.8
Sep	28° / 21°	58	17.6	11.9	5.3
Oct	29° / 22°	42	15	12.2	5.1
Nov	30° / 23°	31	12.1	12.4	4.8
Dec	31° / 23°	33	12.7	12.5	4.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%.

	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 (%)	58	57	56	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	55	53	53	52	52	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	53	53	55	55	56	56
Cloudier (%)	42	43	44	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	47	47	48	48	50	50	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	47	47	45	45	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	53	47
13	53	47
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26	53	47
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Porto Calvo gets around 58 mm of rain over 17.4 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 56% and peaks near 60% 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 (%)	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	59	59	59	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	55

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
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30	55
31	55

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Oppressive (%)	78	78	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	10	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 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 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 5:09 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:47 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)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23
Sunset (PM)	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:09	5:40
2	12.5	5:10	5:41
3	12.5	5:10	5:41
4	12.5	5:11	5:41
5	12.5	5:11	5:42
6	12.5	5:12	5:42
7	12.5	5:12	5:43
8	12.5	5:13	5:43
9	12.5	5:13	5:43
10	12.5	5:14	5:44
11	12.5	5:14	5:44
12	12.5	5:15	5:44
13	12.5	5:15	5:44
14	12.5	5:16	5:45
15	12.5	5:16	5:45
16	12.5	5:17	5:45
17	12.5	5:17	5:45
18	12.5	5:18	5:46
19	12.5	5:18	5:46
20	12.5	5:18	5:46
21	12.5	5:19	5:46
22	12.4	5:19	5:46
23	12.4	5:20	5:46
24	12.4	5:20	5:46
25	12.4	5:21	5:47
26	12.4	5:21	5:47
27	12.4	5:21	5:47
28	12.4	5:22	5:47
29	12.4	5:22	5:47
30	12.4	5:23	5:47
31	12.4	5:23	5:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	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	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
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30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Porto Calvo

In seasonPeak

None of Porto Calvo's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Porto Calvo's rainy season runs February–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Is January a good time to visit Porto Calvo?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Porto Calvo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Porto Calvo in January

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

In January, Porto Calvo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Porto Calvo in January

The nearest coast averages about 28°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 31 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	27	27	27
Comfort	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Warm
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Porto Calvo 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 Porto Calvo peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 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)	13	14	15	13	11	10	10	9	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Porto Calvo?

Porto Calvo sits at 9.0°S, 35.4°W, 20 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Matriz de Camaragibe, 19 km away.

Topography around Porto Calvo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Porto Calvo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 853 m.

The land around Porto Calvo is covered by grassland (80%) within 3 km, grassland (65%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), water (31%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

111 m

grassland 80%

16 km

159 m

grassland 65%

80 km

853 m

grassland 43%

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

January weather nearby: Matriz de Camaragibe 19 km · Maragogi 20 km · São José da Coroa Grande 32 km · Barreiros 34 km · São Luís do Quitunde 35 km · Colônia Leopoldina 39 km · Joaquim Gomes 40 km · Água Preta 40 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

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 Porto Calvo (-9.045°, -35.3983°, elevation 20 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. 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	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
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24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23
31	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	58
14	59
15	59
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
20	59
21	59
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	57
26	57
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	55
31	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
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	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	58
14	59
15	59
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
20	59
21	59
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	57
26	57
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	55
31	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	58	42
2	57	43
3	56	44
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	57	43
7	56	44
8	56	44
9	55	45
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	53	47
13	53	47
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	50	50
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	51	49
21	51	49
22	52	48
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	49
3	50
4	50
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	58
14	59
15	59
16	60
17	60
18	60
19	59
20	59
21	59
22	58
23	58
24	58
25	57
26	57
27	56
28	56
29	56
30	55
31	55

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	13	87
26	13	87
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	11	89
31	11	89