Climate averages 1991–2020
Araranguá weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Araranguá: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 57 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Criciúma (31 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Araranguá, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araranguá ranks joint 406th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 126th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Araranguá is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 139 mm to 189 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
Araranguá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 20.2 | 13.814 h |
| February | 26.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 159 | 19.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 136 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 100 | 12.3 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 129 | 11.2 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 99 | 10.2 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.6°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 110 | 10.4 | 10.510 h |
| August | 20.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 104 | 9.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 20.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 132 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.4°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 152 | 15.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 23.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 135 | 14.8 | 13.514 h |
| December, selected | 25.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 139 | 16.1 | 13.914 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
- Criciúma in DecemberBrazil · 31 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Tubarão in DecemberBrazil · 71 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 92 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 87 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 226 mm rain
- Lages in DecemberBrazil · 149 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 167 mm rain
- Palhoça in DecemberBrazil · 165 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.4°C · 169 mm rain
- Caxias do Sul in DecemberBrazil · 166 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Sapiranga in DecemberBrazil · 166 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 141 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 27.62°S 48.63°W), Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 170 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 167 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 Araranguá) is explained once on the Araranguá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.