Climate averages 1991–2020
Goiana weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Goiana: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igarassu (32 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Goiana, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Goiana ranks joint 87th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Goiana is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 54 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
Goiana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 54 | 16.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 66 | 16.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 86 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 105 | 21.3 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 106 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.5°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 112 | 21.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 102 | 21.5 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 56 | 17.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 36 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 24 | 10.2 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 23 | 9.3 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 30.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 30 | 11.7 | 12.613 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
- Igarassu in DecemberBrazil · 32 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 43 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Paulista in DecemberBrazil · 45 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Santa Rita in DecemberBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Camaragibe in DecemberBrazil · 51 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- João Pessoa in DecemberBrazil · 52 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Recife in DecemberBrazil · 56 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in DecemberBrazil · 61 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 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 Goiana) is explained once on the Goiana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.