Climate averages 1991–2020
Campos dos Goytacazes weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Campos dos Goytacazes: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Itaperuna (84 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Campos dos Goytacazes, with 223 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Campos dos Goytacazes ranks joint 147th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 250th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Campos dos Goytacazes is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 155 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
Campos dos Goytacazes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 155 | 13.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 31.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 83 | 10.2 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 143 | 15.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 82 | 12.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 26.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| June | 25.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 20 | 5.0 | 10.811 h |
| July | 25.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 22 | 5.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 21 | 4.9 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 82 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 169 | 16.0 | 13.113 h |
| December, selected | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 196 | 17.7 | 13.413 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
- Itaperuna in DecemberBrazil · 84 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Macaé in DecemberBrazil · 84 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in DecemberBrazil · 103 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in DecemberBrazil · 107 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Muriaé in DecemberBrazil · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 254 mm rain
- Nova Friburgo in DecemberBrazil · 137 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 352 mm rain
- São Pedro da Aldeia in DecemberBrazil · 145 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Cabo Frio in DecemberBrazil · 145 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 96 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 Campos dos Goytacazes) is explained once on the Campos dos Goytacazes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.