Climate averages 1991–2020
Patos de Minas weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Patos de Minas: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 253 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 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patrocínio (64 km away). In December its highs average 26.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Patos de Minas, with 262 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Patos de Minas ranks joint 320th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 397th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Patos de Minas is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 253 mm to 230 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
Patos de Minas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 230 | 21.0 | 13.113 h |
| February | 27.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 163 | 17.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 172 | 20.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 65 | 10.4 | 11.712 h |
| May | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.311 h |
| June | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 8.7 | 1.3 | 11.011 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 3.7 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 26.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 11.511 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 35 | 5.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 91 | 12.3 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 205 | 21.2 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 27.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 253 | 23.6 | 13.213 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
- Patrocínio in DecemberBrazil · 64 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.7°C · 262 mm rain
- Araxá in DecemberBrazil · 121 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 229 mm rain
- Paracatu in DecemberBrazil · 156 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 281 mm rain
- Catalão in DecemberBrazil · 158 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Araguari in DecemberBrazil · 176 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Uberlândia in DecemberBrazil · 189 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Uberaba in DecemberBrazil · 197 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 298 mm rain
- Nova Serrana in DecemberBrazil · 216 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.6°C · 278 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 Patos de Minas) is explained once on the Patos de Minas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.