Climate averages 1991–2020
Paracatu weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Paracatu: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 281 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Unaí (96 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Paracatu, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paracatu ranks joint 231st of 448 for the warmest December highs and 426th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Paracatu is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 281 mm to 254 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
Paracatu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 254 | 19.6 | 13.013 h |
| February | 28.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| March | 28.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 198 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 69 | 9.6 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 17 | 2.8 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.0 | 0.9 | 11.111 h |
| July | 26.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.211 h |
| August | 28.2°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 4.5 | 0.9 | 11.512 h |
| September | 30.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 96 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 235 | 20.4 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 281 | 22.0 | 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
- Unaí in DecemberBrazil · 96 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.8°C · 221 mm rain
- Catalão in DecemberBrazil · 155 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Patos de Minas in DecemberBrazil · 156 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 253 mm rain
- Luziânia in DecemberBrazil · 157 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 227 mm rain
- Cidade Ocidental in DecemberBrazil · 167 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Valparaíso de Goiás in DecemberBrazil · 174 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 245 mm rain
- São Sebastião (Federal District), Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 175 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Santa Maria, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 181 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 245 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 Paracatu) is explained once on the Paracatu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.