Climate averages 1991–2020
Crato weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Crato: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Juazeiro do Norte (11 km away). In December its highs average 33.2°C, about as warm as Crato, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Crato ranks joint 19th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 49th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Crato is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 126 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
Crato climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 126 | 16.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 135 | 16.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 175 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 14.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| June | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 13 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 29.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 7.2 | 1.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 30.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 33.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 9.3 | 1.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 33.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 20 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 32.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 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
- Juazeiro do Norte in DecemberBrazil · 11 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Iguatu in DecemberBrazil · 98 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 28 mm rain
- Araripina in DecemberBrazil · 126 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Serra Talhada in DecemberBrazil · 149 kmHigh 34.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Quixeramobim in DecemberBrazil · 227 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Picos in DecemberBrazil · 228 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 25.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Patos in DecemberBrazil · 236 kmHigh 35.2°C · Low 23.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Quixadá in DecemberBrazil · 255 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 21 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 Crato) is explained once on the Crato year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.