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Natal in January

goodbusy · a good time to go

The year in Natal

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  1. Natal in January: good, busy
  2. Natal in February: sweet spot
  3. Natal in March: good
  4. Natal in April: ok
  5. Natal in May: good
  6. Natal in June: good
  7. Natal in July: good
  8. Natal in August: sweet spot
  9. Natal in September: sweet spot
  10. Natal in October: sweet spot
  11. Natal in November: good, busy
  12. Natal in December: good, busy
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  • Busy
January at Natal is 30°C by day and 25°C at night, with 4 rainy days and about 11 hours of sun a day. Busier than usual.

The numbers

Daily high30°C
Nightly low25°C
Feels like, afternoon34°C
Rainy days, 1 mm or more4 · 81 mm
Humidity75%
Sunshine11.3 h/day
Daylight12.4 h/day
Beach and sea28 of 31 days dry and 23–35 °C; sea 28 °C, warm good
Crowds45 / 100, higher is quieter

Ten-year averages for this calendar month. A rainy day is one with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts it. The model these figures come from drizzles more than a rain gauge, the more so the warmer the month, so its days count from 2 mm, rising to 5 mm in the hottest.

Weather read at Ponta Negra beach, 25 km from the airport (NAT): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

How busy it gets

January: busy. Busiest from November to January; quietest in May and June.

Public holidays in January

Holidays crowd a place out; they count toward the crowd score above.

Natal in pictures

What to pack

  • Summer clothes by day, highs around 30°C.
  • Sun protection: about 11 hours of sunshine a day.
  • Humidity averages 75%; breathable fabrics dry faster.

Each line is a threshold over the ten-year figures above, not advice from anywhere else.

Before you go

Type C plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Brazilian real. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Brazil: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

On arrival in Natal: the apps, paying, getting around, tipping and the emergency numbers.

January elsewhere

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