Climate averages 1991–2020
Caruaru weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Caruaru: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Cruz do Capibaribe (44 km away). In December its highs average 31.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Caruaru, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Caruaru ranks joint 103rd of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Caruaru is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 19 mm to 46 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
Caruaru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 46 | 12.1 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 46 | 11.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 59 | 14.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 56 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 57 | 13.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 52 | 12.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 24.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 41 | 11.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 25.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 26 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.6°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 19 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 15 | 4.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 13 | 4.6 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 29.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 19 | 6.9 | 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
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in DecemberBrazil · 44 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 12 mm rain
- Gravatá in DecemberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in DecemberBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in DecemberBrazil · 78 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Garanhuns in DecemberBrazil · 88 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 93 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Ipojuca in DecemberBrazil · 101 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in DecemberBrazil · 104 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 43 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 Caruaru) is explained once on the Caruaru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.