Santa Bárbara weather in January

In January, Santa Bárbara sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 55 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 1st-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 23% 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 Santa Bárbara's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Bárbara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 55 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:26 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 61%; 10th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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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 Santa Bárbara reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
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	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

How January really feels in Santa Bárbara

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.

Santa Bárbara weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-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	33° / 23°	55	8.8	12.6	3.5
Feb	33° / 23°	40	9.5	12.4	3.4
Mar	33° / 23°	54	11.9	12.1	3.4
Apr	31° / 22°	53	14.7	11.7	3.9
May	29° / 21°	53	14.6	11.5	4.9
Jun	27° / 20°	48	16.4	11.3	5.5
Jul	27° / 19°	39	14.2	11.4	5.9
Aug	28° / 19°	32	12.9	11.6	5.8
Sep	30° / 20°	25	8.8	11.9	5.3
Oct	32° / 21°	25	6.2	12.3	4.6
Nov	32° / 22°	44	7.4	12.6	4.0
Dec	33° / 23°	39	7.3	12.7	3.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

	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 (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	54	55
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	49	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	46	45

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	55	45

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santa Bárbara gets around 55 mm of rain over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30

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

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 97% 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
Humid (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Muggy (%)	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	66	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	65	64	64	65
Oppressive (%)	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	32

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	76	21
2	3	75	22
3	3	75	22
4	3	74	23
5	3	73	24
6	3	73	24
7	3	72	25
8	3	71	26
9	3	70	27
10	3	70	27
11	3	69	28
12	3	69	28
13	3	68	29
14	3	68	29
15	3	68	29
16	3	67	30
17	3	67	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	66	31
20	4	65	31
21	4	65	31
22	4	65	31
23	4	65	31
24	4	65	31
25	4	65	31
26	4	65	31
27	4	65	31
28	4	65	31
29	4	64	32
30	4	64	32
31	3	65	32

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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29	11	calm
30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 5:18 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 6:05 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	12.7	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	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:25	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	5:32	5:33	5:33
Sunset (PM)	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:18	6:00
2	12.7	5:19	6:00
3	12.7	5:19	6:01
4	12.7	5:20	6:01
5	12.7	5:20	6:01
6	12.7	5:21	6:02
7	12.7	5:22	6:02
8	12.7	5:22	6:02
9	12.7	5:23	6:02
10	12.7	5:23	6:03
11	12.7	5:24	6:03
12	12.7	5:24	6:03
13	12.6	5:25	6:04
14	12.6	5:25	6:04
15	12.6	5:26	6:04
16	12.6	5:26	6:04
17	12.6	5:27	6:04
18	12.6	5:27	6:04
19	12.6	5:28	6:05
20	12.6	5:28	6:05
21	12.6	5:29	6:05
22	12.6	5:29	6:05
23	12.6	5:30	6:05
24	12.6	5:30	6:05
25	12.6	5:31	6:05
26	12.6	5:31	6:05
27	12.6	5:32	6:05
28	12.6	5:32	6:05
29	12.5	5:32	6:05
30	12.5	5:33	6:05
31	12.5	5:33	6:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in December across the year — January's 5.97 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	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

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

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Santa Bárbara?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Santa Bárbara in January

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

In January, Santa Bárbara sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santa Bárbara 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 Santa Bárbara peaks around February 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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	14	12	9	9	9	10	11	12	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Santa Bárbara?

Santa Bárbara sits at 12.0°S, 39.0°W, 277 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Irará, 25 km away.

Topography around Santa Bárbara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Bárbara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 386 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Santa Bárbara is covered by grassland (76%) within 3 km, grassland (85%) within 16 km, and grassland (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

grassland 76%

16 km

386 m

grassland 85%

80 km

626 m

grassland 73%

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

January weather nearby: Irará 25 km · Serrinha 33 km · Feira de Santana 34 km · Coração de Maria 39 km · Biritinga 42 km · Serra Preta 45 km · Conceição do Jacuípe 46 km · Riachão do Jacuípe 48 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 Santa Bárbara (-11.9583°, -38.975°, elevation 277 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	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	55	45

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	76	21
2	3	75	22
3	3	75	22
4	3	74	23
5	3	73	24
6	3	73	24
7	3	72	25
8	3	71	26
9	3	70	27
10	3	70	27
11	3	69	28
12	3	69	28
13	3	68	29
14	3	68	29
15	3	68	29
16	3	67	30
17	3	67	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	66	31
20	4	65	31
21	4	65	31
22	4	65	31
23	4	65	31
24	4	65	31
25	4	65	31
26	4	65	31
27	4	65	31
28	4	65	31
29	4	64	32
30	4	64	32
31	3	65	32

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	55	45

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	76	21
2	3	75	22
3	3	75	22
4	3	74	23
5	3	73	24
6	3	73	24
7	3	72	25
8	3	71	26
9	3	70	27
10	3	70	27
11	3	69	28
12	3	69	28
13	3	68	29
14	3	68	29
15	3	68	29
16	3	67	30
17	3	67	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	66	31
20	4	65	31
21	4	65	31
22	4	65	31
23	4	65	31
24	4	65	31
25	4	65	31
26	4	65	31
27	4	65	31
28	4	65	31
29	4	64	32
30	4	64	32
31	3	65	32

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	49	51
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	48	52
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	51	49
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	54	46
31	55	45

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	76	21
2	3	75	22
3	3	75	22
4	3	74	23
5	3	73	24
6	3	73	24
7	3	72	25
8	3	71	26
9	3	70	27
10	3	70	27
11	3	69	28
12	3	69	28
13	3	68	29
14	3	68	29
15	3	68	29
16	3	67	30
17	3	67	30
18	3	67	30
19	3	66	31
20	4	65	31
21	4	65	31
22	4	65	31
23	4	65	31
24	4	65	31
25	4	65	31
26	4	65	31
27	4	65	31
28	4	65	31
29	4	64	32
30	4	64	32
31	3	65	32