Climate averages 1991–2020
Lages weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lages: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio do Sul (95 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 2.9°C warmer than Lages, with 148 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Lages ranks joint 436th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 171st of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Lages is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 194 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
Lages climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 194 | 19.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 168 | 18.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 129 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 21.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 99 | 10.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 131 | 10.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.2°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 131 | 10.1 | 10.410 h |
| July | 15.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 124 | 10.3 | 10.611 h |
| August | 18.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 113 | 8.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 19.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 166 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 195 | 15.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 22.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 146 | 14.7 | 13.513 h |
| December, selected | 24.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 167 | 16.6 | 13.914 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
- Rio do Sul in DecemberBrazil · 95 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 148 mm rain
- São José (Santa Catarina, 28.21°S 49.16°W), Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 122 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 226 mm rain
- Criciúma in DecemberBrazil · 134 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 127 mm rain
- Caçador in DecemberBrazil · 134 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 167 mm rain
- Tubarão in DecemberBrazil · 148 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Araranguá in DecemberBrazil · 149 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 139 mm rain
- Indaial in DecemberBrazil · 149 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Blumenau in DecemberBrazil · 159 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 176 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 Lages) is explained once on the Lages year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.