Climate averages 1991–2020
Catalão weather
in December.
A warm, 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.
December is a warm month in Catalão: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 12 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araguari (59 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Catalão, with 236 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Catalão ranks joint 315th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 396th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Catalão is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 252 mm to 267 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
Catalão climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 267 | 22.1 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 189 | 18.2 | 12.713 h |
| March | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 182 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 63 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 23 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 7.7 | 1.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 25.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 3.3 | 0.5 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| September | 29.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 12.512 h |
| November | 27.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 207 | 20.6 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 27.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 252 | 24.0 | 13.213 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
- Araguari in DecemberBrazil · 59 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Caldas Novas in DecemberBrazil · 86 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 240 mm rain
- Uberlândia in DecemberBrazil · 91 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Patrocínio in DecemberBrazil · 133 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 262 mm rain
- Itumbiara in DecemberBrazil · 137 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 204 mm rain
- Paracatu in DecemberBrazil · 155 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in DecemberBrazil · 158 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 253 mm rain
- Uberaba in DecemberBrazil · 176 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 298 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 Catalão) is explained once on the Catalão year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.