The tables below give January averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Brazil. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.
You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil, South Brazil, Center West Brazil and North Brazil.
The rainfall measurements are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.
Northeast Brazil
January rainfall averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 5 |
Apodí |
2.4 |
61 |
| 7 |
Aracaju |
3.1 |
78 |
| 6 |
Campina Grande |
2.2 |
55 |
| 11 |
Fortaleza |
4.7 |
119 |
| 8 |
João Pessoa |
3.0 |
76 |
| 10 |
Maceió |
3.1 |
78 |
| 6 |
Natal |
2.1 |
55 |
| 5 |
Petrolina |
2.0 |
50 |
| 10 |
Recife |
4.3 |
108 |
| 10 |
Salvador |
5.4 |
138 |
| 7 |
São Gonçalo |
4.2 |
107 |
| 13 |
São Luis |
9.6 |
244 |
| 11 |
Teresina |
7.0 |
178 |
Southeast Brazil
Average January precipitation
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 13 |
Araçatuba |
8.1 |
207 |
| 15 |
Belo Horizonte |
10.8 |
274 |
| 7 |
Cabo Frio |
2.9 |
75 |
| 15 |
Campinas |
8.9 |
227 |
| 19 |
Campos do Jordão |
12.1 |
306 |
| 18 |
Franca |
11.6 |
296 |
| 14 |
Ilha Guaíba |
7.0 |
178 |
| 16 |
Juiz de Fora |
11.3 |
287 |
| 13 |
Mogi das Cruzes |
5.6 |
142 |
| 11 |
Rio de Janeiro |
5.4 |
137 |
| 13 |
Santos |
10.1 |
256 |
| 13 |
São José dos Campos |
7.6 |
193 |
| 15 |
São Paulo |
9.3 |
237 |
| 14 |
Sorocaba |
8.3 |
212 |
| 17 |
Ubatuba |
12.8 |
324 |
| 16 |
Uberaba |
8.0 |
202 |
| 11 |
Vitória |
4.7 |
119 |
South Brazil
Average amount of rain in January
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 13 |
Caxias do Sul |
6.5 |
164 |
| 15 |
Curitiba |
6.8 |
172 |
| 12 |
Florianópolis |
6.4 |
163 |
| 9 |
Foz do lguaçu |
7.7 |
196 |
| 14 |
Londrina |
9.3 |
236 |
| 14 |
Maringá |
8.9 |
227 |
| 13 |
Ponta Grossa |
7.2 |
182 |
| 9 |
Porto Alegre |
4.2 |
106 |
| 8 |
Rio Grande |
4.4 |
113 |
Center West Brazil
January precipitation averages
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 17 |
Brasília |
9.7 |
247 |
| 15 |
Campo Grande |
9.1 |
232 |
| 15 |
Cuiabá |
8.5 |
215 |
| 18 |
Goiânia |
10.5 |
267 |
| 18 |
Goiás |
14.0 |
355 |
| 19 |
Pirenópolis |
11.9 |
303 |
North Brazil
Average rainfall in January
| Days |
Place |
Inches |
Millimetres |
| 24 |
Belém |
15.2 |
386 |
| 19 |
Benjamin Constant |
13.1 |
333 |
| 3 |
Boa Vista |
1.0 |
25 |
| 19 |
Cruzeiro do Sul |
10.2 |
258 |
| 20 |
Macapá |
11.5 |
293 |
| 19 |
Manaus |
10.4 |
264 |
| 13 |
Palmas |
9.7 |
246 |
| 19 |
Porto Velho |
12.6 |
321 |
| 20 |
Rio Branco |
11.4 |
289 |
| 16 |
Santarém |
7.6 |
194 |
| 20 |
Taracuá |
11.5 |
293 |