Climate averages 1991–2020
Gravatá weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Gravatá: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vitória de Santo Antão (31 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Gravatá, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Gravatá ranks joint 179th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 54th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Gravatá is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 39 mm to 61 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
Gravatá climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 61 | 17.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 62 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 78 | 19.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 84 | 19.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 101 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 25.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 109 | 21.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 95 | 22.1 | 11.712 h |
| August | 24.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 64 | 19.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 51 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 38 | 14.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 32 | 11.8 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 39 | 13.6 | 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
- Vitória de Santo Antão in DecemberBrazil · 31 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Caruaru in DecemberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 52 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Ipojuca in DecemberBrazil · 59 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in DecemberBrazil · 60 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in DecemberBrazil · 61 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Camaragibe in DecemberBrazil · 67 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Santa Cruz do Capibaribe in DecemberBrazil · 75 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.1°C · 12 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 Gravatá) is explained once on the Gravatá year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.