Climate averages 1991–2020
Araripina weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Araripina: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Picos (120 km away). In December its highs average 34.5°C, 3.1°C warmer than Araripina, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araripina ranks joint 45th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 64th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Araripina is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 162 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
Araripina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 162 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 171 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 191 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 95 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 37 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 5.8 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 4.3 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 28.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 32.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 1.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 34 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 31.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 54 | 7.9 | 12.613 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
- Picos in DecemberBrazil · 120 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Crato in DecemberBrazil · 126 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Juazeiro do Norte in DecemberBrazil · 137 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Casa Nova in DecemberBrazil · 185 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Iguatu in DecemberBrazil · 189 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Petrolina in DecemberBrazil · 203 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in DecemberBrazil · 247 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Crateús in DecemberBrazil · 267 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 20 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 Araripina) is explained once on the Araripina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.