Climate averages 1991–2020

Jacobina weather
in December.

A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.9°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 21.0°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 65 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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December is a hot month in Jacobina: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Campo Formoso (78 km away). In December its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Jacobina, with 66 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Jacobina ranks joint 103rd of 448 for the warmest December highs and 70th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Jacobina is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 81 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Jacobina climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Jacobina, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.0°C21.2°C21.2°C8111.112.713 h
February 30.0°C21.4°C21.4°C6112.012.512 h
March 29.9°C21.4°C21.4°C7414.012.212 h
April 28.4°C21.0°C21.0°C5515.011.912 h
May 26.5°C19.9°C19.9°C4913.911.612 h
June 24.8°C18.8°C18.8°C4916.111.511 h
July 24.2°C17.7°C17.7°C4615.911.512 h
August 24.8°C17.5°C17.5°C4414.711.712 h
September 27.2°C18.3°C18.3°C2910.112.012 h
October 29.5°C19.7°C19.7°C326.712.312 h
November 29.7°C20.6°C20.6°C689.412.613 h
December, selected 29.9°C21.0°C21.0°C658.912.813 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

Distance from Jacobina

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jacobina) is explained once on the Jacobina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.