Climate averages 1991–2020
Araxá weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Araxá: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patrocínio (72 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Araxá, with 262 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Araxá ranks joint 401st of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 333rd of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Araxá is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 220 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
Araxá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 220 | 21.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 144 | 16.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 145 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 49 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 28 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| July | 23.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 6.2 | 1.0 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 46 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 88 | 12.7 | 12.513 h |
| November | 25.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 171 | 20.0 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 25.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 229 | 23.5 | 13.313 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
- Patrocínio in DecemberBrazil · 72 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 262 mm rain
- Uberaba in DecemberBrazil · 105 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 298 mm rain
- Franca in DecemberBrazil · 116 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in DecemberBrazil · 121 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 253 mm rain
- Passos in DecemberBrazil · 130 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- São Sebastião do Paraíso in DecemberBrazil · 147 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 295 mm rain
- Uberlândia in DecemberBrazil · 159 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Araguari in DecemberBrazil · 168 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 236 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 Araxá) is explained once on the Araxá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.