Climate averages 1991–2020

Alegrete weather
in December.

A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 19.3°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 136 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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December is a hot month in Alegrete: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Uruguaiana (125 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Alegrete, with 136 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Alegrete ranks joint 137th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 124th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Alegrete is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 143 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 5101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Alegrete climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Alegrete, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.3°C20.8°C20.8°C14311.713.814 h
February 29.4°C20.4°C20.4°C13410.813.113 h
March 27.9°C18.7°C18.7°C1239.712.312 h
April 24.6°C15.7°C15.7°C1629.511.411 h
May 20.6°C12.4°C12.4°C1218.310.611 h
June 18.5°C10.4°C10.4°C1349.510.310 h
July 17.9°C9.3°C9.3°C1249.010.410 h
August 20.4°C10.6°C10.6°C1098.411.011 h
September 21.7°C12.1°C12.1°C1559.511.912 h
October 24.2°C14.7°C14.7°C21111.412.813 h
November 26.8°C16.5°C16.5°C1429.113.614 h
December, selected 29.5°C19.3°C19.3°C1369.714.014 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

December in nearby cities

Distance from Alegrete

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alegrete) is explained once on the Alegrete year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.