Climate averages 1991–2020
Maceió weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Maceió: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rio Largo (25 km away). In December its highs average 29.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Maceió, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maceió ranks joint 179th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 49th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Maceió is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 65 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
Maceió climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 65 | 17.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 68 | 16.7 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 83 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 129 | 21.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 177 | 24.3 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 187 | 24.9 | 11.612 h |
| July | 25.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 174 | 25.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 106 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 26.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 68 | 19.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 56 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 40 | 13.6 | 12.513 h |
| December, selected | 28.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 36 | 12.6 | 12.713 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 Largo in DecemberBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Arapiraca in DecemberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 17 mm rain
- Garanhuns in DecemberBrazil · 121 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Caruaru in DecemberBrazil · 156 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Ipojuca in DecemberBrazil · 159 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Gravatá in DecemberBrazil · 164 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in DecemberBrazil · 166 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in DecemberBrazil · 172 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 43 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 Maceió) is explained once on the Maceió year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.