Santa Rita weather in January

In January, Santa Rita sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 58 mm of rain across 17.4 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-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 36% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Santa Rita's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santa Rita's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:18 AM – 5:40 PM
Cloud cover
55%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

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 Santa Rita reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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 Santa Rita

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.

Santa Rita weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°5817.412.44.4
Feb30° / 25°7117.512.24.1
Mar30° / 25°9820.6124.0
Apr29° / 24°12322.511.83.8
May29° / 24°12521.711.74.3
Jun28° / 23°12421.511.64.8
Jul27° / 22°11321.311.65.1
Aug27° / 22°5416.711.85.7
Sep28° / 23°3413.7126.0
Oct29° / 23°2310.212.25.9
Nov29° / 24°239.312.35.6
Dec30° / 24°3312.112.45.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36139
46040
56040
65941
75941
85842
95842
105842
115743
125644
135644
145545
155545
165545
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185644
195644
205644
215743
225743
235743
245842
255842
265941
276040
285941
296040
306040
316139

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Santa Rita 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.

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Rain chance (%)
148
248
349
450
550
651
751
852
953
1054
1154
1255
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1558
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1759
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2659
2759
2858
2958
3057
3157

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 92% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
17912
27912
36922
46922
55923
65923
75923
84933
94933
104924
114924
124924
134924
144924
153934
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173934
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213934
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253925
263925
273925
283925
293916
303916
313916

Wind in January

Winds average 13 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
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514light breeze
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914light breeze
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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 5:11 AM to 5:24 AM, and sunset from 5:35 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:115:35
212.45:115:36
312.45:125:36
412.45:125:36
512.45:135:37
612.45:135:37
712.45:145:38
812.45:145:38
912.45:155:38
1012.45:155:39
1112.45:165:39
1212.45:165:39
1312.45:175:40
1412.45:175:40
1512.45:185:40
1612.45:185:40
1712.45:185:41
1812.45:195:41
1912.45:195:41
2012.45:205:41
2112.45:205:41
2212.45:215:42
2312.35:215:42
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2712.35:235:42
2812.35:235:42
2912.35:235:42
3012.35:245:43
3112.35:245:43

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 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
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45.9Bright
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306.0Bright
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Santa Rita

In seasonPeak

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

Santa Rita's rainy season runs January–July, 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 Santa Rita?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Santa Rita for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santa Rita in January

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

In January, Santa Rita sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Santa Rita 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 29 km away) is warmest in March 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.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan28Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec28Warm

UV index in Santa Rita 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 Santa Rita peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 15 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 11UV 15Jul 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Santa Rita?

Santa Rita sits at 7.1°S, 35.0°W, 6 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bayeux, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Santa Rita

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santa Rita has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 693 m.

The land around Santa Rita is covered by cropland (35%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (30%), trees (27%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
184 m
80 km
693 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
January weather nearby: Bayeux 5.0 km · Cruz do Espírito Santo 12 km · João Pessoa 13 km · Conde 18 km · Cabedelo 22 km · Sapé 28 km · Mamanguape 35 km · Pedras de Fogo 35 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 Santa Rita (-7.1139°, -34.9781°, elevation 6 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).