Climate averages 1991–2020
João Pessoa weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the 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 João Pessoa: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Rita (13 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than João Pessoa, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, João Pessoa ranks joint 154th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 27th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; João Pessoa is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 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
João Pessoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 56 | 15.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 73 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 147 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 160 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 164 | 23.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 149 | 24.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 37 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 23 | 9.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 19 | 8.0 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 9.8 | 12.513 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
- Santa Rita in DecemberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Goiana in DecemberBrazil · 52 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Igarassu in DecemberBrazil · 80 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Paulista in DecemberBrazil · 92 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 93 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Camaragibe in DecemberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Recife in DecemberBrazil · 104 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in DecemberBrazil · 112 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 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 João Pessoa) is explained once on the João Pessoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.