Climate averages 1991–2020
Irecê weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Irecê: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jacobina (147 km away). In December its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Irecê, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Irecê ranks joint 93rd of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 78th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Irecê is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 100 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
Irecê climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 100 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 63 | 8.5 | 12.512 h |
| March | 30.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 77 | 8.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 34 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 11 | 1.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 27.5°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.3 | 0.4 | 11.511 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.6°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 21 | 2.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 78 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| December, selected | 30.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 82 | 7.9 | 12.813 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
- Jacobina in DecemberBrazil · 147 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Campo Formoso in DecemberBrazil · 190 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Senhor do Bonfim in DecemberBrazil · 205 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Casa Nova in DecemberBrazil · 256 kmHigh 33.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Petrolina in DecemberBrazil · 259 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Serrinha in DecemberBrazil · 313 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Brumado in DecemberBrazil · 323 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in DecemberBrazil · 332 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 47 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 Irecê) is explained once on the Irecê year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.