Climate averages 1991–2020
Maracanaú weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Maracanaú: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 24.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maranguape (7 km away). In December its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Maracanaú, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Maracanaú ranks joint 48th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 22nd of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Maracanaú is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 99 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
Maracanaú climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 99 | 17.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 129 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 181 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 206 | 24.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 100 | 17.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 46 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 24 | 5.7 | 11.912 h |
| August | 31.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 5.3 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 2.6 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 4.5 | 1.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 31.8°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 7.0 | 2.2 | 12.312 h |
| December, selected | 31.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 8.0 | 12.312 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
- Maranguape in DecemberBrazil · 7 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 27 mm rain
- Pacatuba in DecemberBrazil · 12 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Caucaia in DecemberBrazil · 16 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 25.2°C · 20 mm rain
- Eusébio in DecemberBrazil · 19 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Fortaleza in DecemberBrazil · 20 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Horizonte in DecemberBrazil · 29 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Pacajus in DecemberBrazil · 38 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 26 mm rain
- Cascavel, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 51 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.2°C · 27 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 Maracanaú) is explained once on the Maracanaú year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Maranguape lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.