Climate averages 1991–2020
Ipatinga 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 Ipatinga: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 234 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 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Coronel Fabriciano (11 km away). In December its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Ipatinga, with 332 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Ipatinga ranks joint 131st of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 345th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Ipatinga is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 234 mm to 177 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
Ipatinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 177 | 13.3 | 13.213 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| March | 30.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 119 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 27 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 9.8 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 5.6 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 9.5 | 2.0 | 11.511 h |
| September | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 37 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 88 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 185 | 15.7 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 29.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 234 | 17.2 | 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
- Coronel Fabriciano in DecemberBrazil · 11 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Timóteo in DecemberBrazil · 17 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 332 mm rain
- Caratinga in DecemberBrazil · 55 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Itabira in DecemberBrazil · 74 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 287 mm rain
- João Monlevade in DecemberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in DecemberBrazil · 92 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in DecemberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 264 mm rain
- Sabará in DecemberBrazil · 141 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 265 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 Ipatinga) is explained once on the Ipatinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.