Climate averages 1991–2020
Dourados weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Dourados: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ponta Porã (101 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Dourados, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Dourados ranks joint 87th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 188th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Dourados is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 187 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
Dourados climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 187 | 19.9 | 13.313 h |
| February | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 155 | 17.7 | 12.813 h |
| March | 29.6°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 117 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 84 | 9.0 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.8°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 92 | 8.1 | 11.111 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 64 | 6.7 | 10.811 h |
| July | 24.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 53 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 57 | 5.4 | 11.411 h |
| September | 28.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 92 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 141 | 14.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 148 | 14.5 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 174 | 17.9 | 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
- Ponta Porã in DecemberBrazil · 101 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 184 mm rain
- Campo Grande in DecemberBrazil · 198 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Umuarama in DecemberBrazil · 229 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 190 mm rain
- Paranavaí in DecemberBrazil · 258 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Cianorte in DecemberBrazil · 277 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 187 mm rain
- Toledo, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 298 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Campo Mourão in DecemberBrazil · 320 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 191 mm rain
- Maringá in DecemberBrazil · 323 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 172 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 Dourados) is explained once on the Dourados year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.