Climate averages 1991–2020
Nova Friburgo weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Nova Friburgo: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 352 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Teresópolis (48 km away). In December its highs average 25.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Nova Friburgo, with 323 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Nova Friburgo ranks joint 377th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 447th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Nova Friburgo is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 352 mm to 332 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
Nova Friburgo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 332 | 22.5 | 13.313 h |
| February | 27.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 234 | 18.5 | 12.913 h |
| March | 26.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 252 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 16.5 | 11.612 h |
| May | 22.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 80 | 13.0 | 11.111 h |
| June | 21.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 43 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 42 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| August | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 50 | 9.1 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.8°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 117 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 310 | 22.4 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 26.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 352 | 24.2 | 13.513 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
- Teresópolis in DecemberBrazil · 48 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 323 mm rain
- Itaboraí in DecemberBrazil · 62 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 255 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in DecemberBrazil · 66 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 222 mm rain
- Magé in DecemberBrazil · 67 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Araruama in DecemberBrazil · 68 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 189 mm rain
- Saquarema in DecemberBrazil · 69 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Petrópolis in DecemberBrazil · 71 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.9°C · 295 mm rain
- Três Rios in DecemberBrazil · 72 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 235 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 Nova Friburgo) is explained once on the Nova Friburgo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.