Tucuruí weather in January

In January, Tucuruí sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 350 mm of rain across 28.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-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 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tucuruí's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tucuruí's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
350 mm
28.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:22 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
84%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Tucuruí is human 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tucuruí reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Tucuruí

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.

Tucuruí weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°35028.812.22.7
Feb30° / 24°33226.412.12.7
Mar30° / 24°40929.7122.6
Apr30° / 24°30228.111.92.7
May31° / 24°17323.211.83.1
Jun31° / 24°5812.211.84.2
Jul32° / 24°317.211.84.6
Aug33° / 24°214.711.94.4
Sep33° / 25°275.4124.2
Oct32° / 25°659.812.13.8
Nov32° / 25°12116.312.23.3
Dec31° / 24°1982312.23.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tucuruí gets around 350 mm of rain over 28.8 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 92% and peaks near 94% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
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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 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of January to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:37 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:156:28
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412.26:176:30
512.26:176:30
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1312.26:216:33
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 4.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Tucuruí

In seasonPeak

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

Tucuruí's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Tucuruí?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tucuruí.

What to pack for Tucuruí in January

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

In January, Tucuruí sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Tucuruí 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 Tucuruí peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 15UV 15Nov 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Tucuruí in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Tucuruí is worst in November — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.2× the cleanest month (June, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateNov 1237 µg/m³Jun 179 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul10Good
Aug14Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov38Poor
Dec21Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Tucuruí?

Tucuruí sits at 3.8°S, 49.7°W, 60 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Breu Branco, 32 km away.

Topography around Tucuruí

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tucuruí has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 208 m around an average of 63 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 272 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 312 m.

The land around Tucuruí is covered by grassland (32%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), trees (35%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
208 m
16 km
272 m
80 km
312 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Breu Branco 32 km · Novo Repartimento 64 km · Goianésia do Pará 65 km · Jacundá 98 km · Pacajá 107 km · Baião 108 km · Tailândia 122 km · Mocajuba 133 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 Tucuruí (-3.7658°, -49.6792°, elevation 60 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).