Climate averages 1991–2020
Igarassu 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 Igarassu: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 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 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paulista (12 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Igarassu, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Igarassu ranks joint 109th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 38th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Igarassu is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 56 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
Igarassu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 56 | 17.3 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 66 | 16.3 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 82 | 19.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 100 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 102 | 21.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 110 | 21.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 100 | 21.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 58 | 17.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 35 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 25 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 24 | 10.3 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 29.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 32 | 12.0 | 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
- Paulista in DecemberBrazil · 12 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Camaragibe in DecemberBrazil · 22 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Recife in DecemberBrazil · 25 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Goiana in DecemberBrazil · 32 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in DecemberBrazil · 33 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 38 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in DecemberBrazil · 52 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in DecemberBrazil · 53 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 29 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 Igarassu) is explained once on the Igarassu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.