Climate averages 1991–2020
Franca weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th 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 Franca: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 265 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São Sebastião do Paraíso (60 km away). In December its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Franca, with 295 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Franca ranks joint 365th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 411th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Franca is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 265 mm to 280 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
Franca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 280 | 24.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 208 | 20.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 179 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 72 | 10.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 24 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 13 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| August | 25.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 15 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 116 | 14.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 189 | 20.0 | 13.113 h |
| December, selected | 26.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 265 | 25.3 | 13.313 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
- São Sebastião do Paraíso in DecemberBrazil · 60 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.6°C · 295 mm rain
- Ribeirão Preto in DecemberBrazil · 83 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Passos in DecemberBrazil · 85 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 236 mm rain
- Sertãozinho in DecemberBrazil · 91 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Uberaba in DecemberBrazil · 104 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 298 mm rain
- Araxá in DecemberBrazil · 116 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 229 mm rain
- Bebedouro in DecemberBrazil · 121 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 219 mm rain
- Barretos in DecemberBrazil · 122 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 226 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 Franca) is explained once on the Franca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.