Climate averages 1991–2020
Curvelo weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Curvelo: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 267 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 14 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sete Lagoas (81 km away). In December its highs average 27.1°C, 0.8°C cooler than Curvelo, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Curvelo ranks joint 248th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 415th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Curvelo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 267 mm to 202 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
Curvelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 202 | 16.6 | 13.113 h |
| February | 29.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 118 | 12.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 136 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 51 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 20 | 3.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 25.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 26.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 4.9 | 1.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 31 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 80 | 9.4 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 200 | 17.4 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 267 | 19.9 | 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
- Sete Lagoas in DecemberBrazil · 81 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 279 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in DecemberBrazil · 112 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Esmeraldas, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 113 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Vespasiano in DecemberBrazil · 117 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in DecemberBrazil · 118 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Pará de Minas in DecemberBrazil · 124 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Santa Luzia in DecemberBrazil · 128 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 217 mm rain
- Contagem in DecemberBrazil · 137 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 260 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 Curvelo) is explained once on the Curvelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.