Climate averages 1991–2020
Lavras weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lavras: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Varginha (56 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Lavras, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Lavras ranks joint 392nd of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 327th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Lavras is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 227 mm to 229 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
Lavras climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 229 | 20.7 | 13.313 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 133 | 16.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 142 | 17.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 52 | 8.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 35 | 5.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 17 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.5°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 16 | 2.6 | 11.411 h |
| September | 26.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 59 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 96 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 170 | 18.4 | 13.113 h |
| December, selected | 26.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 227 | 22.5 | 13.413 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
- Varginha in DecemberBrazil · 56 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 225 mm rain
- Três Corações in DecemberBrazil · 57 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 248 mm rain
- São João del Rei in DecemberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 18.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Água Rasa in DecemberBrazil · 92 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 287 mm rain
- Alfenas in DecemberBrazil · 100 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 204 mm rain
- Divinópolis in DecemberBrazil · 123 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 280 mm rain
- Barbacena in DecemberBrazil · 127 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 306 mm rain
- Itaúna in DecemberBrazil · 137 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 261 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 Lavras) is explained once on the Lavras year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.