Climate averages 1991–2020
Arapiraca weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Arapiraca: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (94 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, 2.3°C cooler than Arapiraca, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Arapiraca ranks joint 30th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Arapiraca is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 34 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
Arapiraca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 34 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| February | 31.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 38 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 49 | 11.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 63 | 14.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 74 | 16.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 67 | 19.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 63 | 19.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 42 | 16.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 29 | 11.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 21 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 28 | 4.3 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 32.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 17 | 4.7 | 12.713 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
- Rio Largo in DecemberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Garanhuns in DecemberBrazil · 98 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Maceió in DecemberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Itabaiana in DecemberBrazil · 133 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Aracaju in DecemberBrazil · 136 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 30 mm rain
- São Cristóvão in DecemberBrazil · 152 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Arcoverde in DecemberBrazil · 154 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in DecemberBrazil · 160 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 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 Arapiraca) is explained once on the Arapiraca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.