Climate averages 1991–2020

Caldas Novas weather
in December.

A hot, very wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.3°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 240 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Caldas Novas · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Caldas Novas: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 240 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Catalão (86 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Caldas Novas, with 252 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caldas Novas ranks joint 225th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 361st of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Caldas Novas is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 240 mm to 245 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Caldas Novas climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Caldas Novas, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 28.4°C20.5°C20.5°C24523.013.113 h
February 28.6°C20.4°C20.4°C17919.812.713 h
March 28.3°C20.2°C20.2°C17420.612.212 h
April 28.1°C19.2°C19.2°C6510.511.712 h
May 27.4°C17.0°C17.0°C193.311.311 h
June 27.0°C15.7°C15.7°C5.51.111.111 h
July 27.3°C15.5°C15.5°C2.80.511.211 h
August 29.5°C17.1°C17.1°C7.40.911.512 h
September 31.6°C19.8°C19.8°C345.612.012 h
October 31.3°C20.9°C20.9°C10014.712.512 h
November 28.8°C20.4°C20.4°C19921.412.913 h
December, selected 28.3°C20.5°C20.5°C24024.813.213 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

Distance from Caldas Novas

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Caldas Novas) is explained once on the Caldas Novas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.