Princesa Isabel weather in January

In January, Princesa Isabel sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 92 mm of rain across 9.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 Princesa Isabel's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Princesa Isabel's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
12th coldest
Rainfall
92 mm
9.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:29 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
65%
11th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
6.22 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Princesa Isabel 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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Princesa Isabel reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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

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.

Princesa Isabel weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°929.612.43.8
Feb32° / 21°10610.612.33.9
Mar31° / 21°13013.612.13.9
Apr31° / 21°8710.311.84.5
May30° / 20°457.211.75.4
Jun29° / 19°173.811.66.5
Jul29° / 18°82.311.66.7
Aug30° / 18°40.911.76.2
Sep32° / 19°10.3125.0
Oct34° / 20°81.112.23.9
Nov34° / 21°111.612.43.6
Dec34° / 21°303.812.43.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24753
34654
44555
54456
64456
74357
84258
94258
104159
113961
123961
133862
143763
153664
163664
173763
183664
193763
203763
213862
223862
233961
244060
254060
264159
274159
284159
294159
304258
314258

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Princesa Isabel gets around 92 mm of rain over 9.6 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 31% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
121
222
323
424
524
625
726
826
927
1028
1129
1230
1332
1433
1534
1635
1736
1836
1937
2037
2137
2237
2337
2436
2536
2635
2735
2834
2933
3032
3132

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 38% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 41% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
122648231
222647241
322646251
412546261
512545272
612544282
712543292
812443302
912442313
1012441323
1112440333
1202339343
1302338363
1402237374
1502235394
1602134404
1702133424
1802032434
1902031445
2002031455
2101930465
2201930465
2301830475
2401831475
2501831465
2601732465
2701733465
2801634455
2901635445
3001636445
3101637434

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
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811calm
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1011calm
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1211calm
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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 5:22 AM to 5:35 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:225:48
212.45:225:49
312.45:235:49
412.45:235:50
512.45:245:50
612.45:245:50
712.45:255:51
812.45:255:51
912.45:265:51
1012.45:265:52
1112.45:275:52
1212.45:275:52
1312.45:285:53
1412.45:285:53
1512.45:295:53
1612.45:295:53
1712.45:305:54
1812.45:305:54
1912.45:305:54
2012.45:315:54
2112.45:315:54
2212.45:325:55
2312.45:325:55
2412.45:335:55
2512.45:335:55
2612.45:335:55
2712.45:345:55
2812.45:345:55
2912.35:345:55
3012.35:355:55
3112.35:355:55

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6.22 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.22 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
76.3Intense
86.3Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.2Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.2Intense
176.1Intense
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206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.1Intense
236.1Intense
246.2Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Princesa Isabel

In seasonPeak

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

Princesa Isabel'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 Princesa Isabel?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Princesa Isabel. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Princesa Isabel in January

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

In January, Princesa Isabel sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Princesa Isabel 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 Princesa Isabel peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 14 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Jul 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Princesa Isabel?

Princesa Isabel sits at 7.7°S, 38.0°W, 686 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Flores, 15 km away.

Topography around Princesa Isabel

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Princesa Isabel has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m around an average of 681 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 753 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 953 m.

The land around Princesa Isabel is covered by shrubs (37%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (47%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
113 m
16 km
753 m
80 km
953 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Flores 15 km · Carnaíba 23 km · Afogados da Ingazeira 39 km · Serra Talhada 44 km · Itaporanga 51 km · Tabira 53 km · Custódia 55 km · Conceição 60 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 Princesa Isabel (-7.7367°, -37.9933°, elevation 686 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).