Climate averages 1991–2020
Alfenas weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Alfenas: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 204 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (55 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Alfenas, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Alfenas ranks joint 377th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 261st of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Alfenas is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 204 mm to 245 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Alfenas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 245 | 22.0 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 151 | 16.6 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 141 | 16.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 7.8 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 39 | 4.7 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 22.3°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 15 | 2.3 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 18 | 3.3 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 64 | 7.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 95 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 172 | 17.7 | 13.113 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 204 | 21.1 | 13.413 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
- Varginha in DecemberBrazil · 55 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 225 mm rain
- Poços de Caldas in DecemberBrazil · 75 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 308 mm rain
- Três Corações in DecemberBrazil · 78 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 248 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in DecemberBrazil · 89 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Lavras in DecemberBrazil · 100 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 227 mm rain
- Passos in DecemberBrazil · 105 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- São João da Boa Vista in DecemberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Itajubá in DecemberBrazil · 122 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 306 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Alfenas) is explained once on the Alfenas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.