Climate averages 1991–2020
Itapipoca weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Itapipoca: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sobral (88 km away). In December its highs average 34.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Itapipoca, with 22 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Itapipoca ranks 21st of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Itapipoca is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 113 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
Itapipoca climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 113 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 157 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 228 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 248 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 109 | 17.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 38 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 18 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 33.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 34.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.1°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 5.1 | 1.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 33.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 7.5 | 2.3 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 32.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 30 | 8.2 | 12.312 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
- Sobral in DecemberBrazil · 88 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 24.5°C · 22 mm rain
- Canindé in DecemberBrazil · 101 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Caucaia in DecemberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Maranguape in DecemberBrazil · 108 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Maracanaú in DecemberBrazil · 114 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Fortaleza in DecemberBrazil · 118 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Pacatuba in DecemberBrazil · 119 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Eusébio in DecemberBrazil · 133 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 30 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 Itapipoca) is explained once on the Itapipoca year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.