Climate averages 1991–2020
Governador Valadares weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Governador Valadares: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 214 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 Ipatinga (92 km away). In December its highs average 29.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Governador Valadares, with 234 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Governador Valadares ranks joint 71st of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 285th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Governador Valadares is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 214 mm to 160 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
Governador Valadares climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 160 | 12.7 | 13.113 h |
| February | 31.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 101 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| March | 30.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 118 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 65 | 9.1 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 25 | 5.4 | 11.211 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 8.6 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.511 h |
| September | 29.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 21 | 4.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 14.7 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 214 | 17.4 | 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
- Ipatinga in DecemberBrazil · 92 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 234 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in DecemberBrazil · 103 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Caratinga in DecemberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Timóteo in DecemberBrazil · 110 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 332 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in DecemberBrazil · 120 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in DecemberBrazil · 157 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 264 mm rain
- Colatina in DecemberBrazil · 158 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Itabira in DecemberBrazil · 159 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 287 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 Governador Valadares) is explained once on the Governador Valadares year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.