Climate averages 1991–2020
Montes Claros weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Montes Claros: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 206 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Janaúba (119 km away). In December its highs average 30.0°C, 1.7°C warmer than Montes Claros, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Montes Claros ranks joint 213th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 263rd of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Montes Claros is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 206 mm to 131 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
Montes Claros climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 131 | 12.7 | 13.013 h |
| February | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 92 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 111 | 11.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 35 | 5.9 | 11.712 h |
| May | 27.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 9.6 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| June | 26.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 2.0 | 0.4 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| September | 30.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 67 | 7.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 178 | 15.0 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 206 | 16.5 | 13.113 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
- Janaúba in DecemberBrazil · 119 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Curvelo in DecemberBrazil · 233 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 267 mm rain
- Teófilo Otoni in DecemberBrazil · 280 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Guanambi in DecemberBrazil · 302 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Sete Lagoas in DecemberBrazil · 306 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 279 mm rain
- Governador Valadares in DecemberBrazil · 310 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in DecemberBrazil · 322 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Paracatu in DecemberBrazil · 325 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 281 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 Montes Claros) is explained once on the Montes Claros year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.