Climate averages 1991–2020
Natal weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Natal: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Parnamirim (15 km away). In December its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Natal, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Natal ranks joint 137th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 55th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Natal is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 75 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
Natal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 75 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 102 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 150 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 183 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 148 | 22.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 155 | 21.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 130 | 21.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 51 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 31 | 11.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 24 | 10.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 25 | 10.5 | 12.412 h |
| December, selected | 29.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 14.8 | 12.512 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
- Parnamirim in DecemberBrazil · 15 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Macaíba in DecemberBrazil · 17 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Ceará-Mirim in DecemberBrazil · 30 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Santa Rita in DecemberBrazil · 149 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 33 mm rain
- João Pessoa in DecemberBrazil · 152 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 mm rain
- Campina Grande in DecemberBrazil · 176 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Goiana in DecemberBrazil · 198 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 229 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 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 Natal) is explained once on the Natal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Macaíba lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.