Climate averages 1991–2020
Caratinga weather
in December.
A warm, 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 warm month in Caratinga: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manhuaçu (53 km away). In December its highs average 26.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Caratinga, with 264 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caratinga ranks joint 256th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 308th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Caratinga is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 174 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
Caratinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 174 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| February | 29.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 12.8 | 12.813 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 129 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 68 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 27 | 5.7 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 12 | 2.7 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 9.6 | 2.7 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 9.9 | 3.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 36 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 86 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 173 | 17.0 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 223 | 19.8 | 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
- Manhuaçu in DecemberBrazil · 53 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 264 mm rain
- Ipatinga in DecemberBrazil · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 234 mm rain
- Timóteo in DecemberBrazil · 58 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 332 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in DecemberBrazil · 59 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in DecemberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 214 mm rain
- João Monlevade in DecemberBrazil · 108 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Itabira in DecemberBrazil · 115 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 287 mm rain
- Viçosa in DecemberBrazil · 132 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 244 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 Caratinga) is explained once on the Caratinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.