Climate averages 1991–2020
Cruzeiro weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd 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 Cruzeiro: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lorena (24 km away). In December its highs average 27.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Cruzeiro, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Cruzeiro ranks joint 256th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 363rd of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Cruzeiro is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 241 mm to 273 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
Cruzeiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 273 | 23.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 192 | 19.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 185 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 68 | 10.7 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 48 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| June | 23.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 29 | 4.9 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 30 | 5.0 | 10.911 h |
| August | 25.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 32 | 5.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 79 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 15.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 189 | 19.2 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 241 | 22.7 | 13.513 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
- Lorena in DecemberBrazil · 24 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Guaratinguetá in DecemberBrazil · 35 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 254 mm rain
- Itajubá in DecemberBrazil · 52 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 306 mm rain
- Resende in DecemberBrazil · 55 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 379 mm rain
- Pindamonhangaba in DecemberBrazil · 64 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 219 mm rain
- Taubaté in DecemberBrazil · 78 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 219 mm rain
- Barra Mansa in DecemberBrazil · 82 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.7°C · 248 mm rain
- Angra dos Reis in DecemberBrazil · 82 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 23.0°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 Cruzeiro) is explained once on the Cruzeiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.