Climate averages 1991–2020
Patrocínio 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 Patrocínio: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 262 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patos de Minas (64 km away). In December its highs average 27.0°C, 0.6°C warmer than Patrocínio, with 253 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Patrocínio ranks joint 365th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 409th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Patrocínio is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 262 mm to 255 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
Patrocínio climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 255 | 22.3 | 13.113 h |
| February | 26.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 186 | 19.3 | 12.713 h |
| March | 26.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 186 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 73 | 11.3 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 5.2 | 11.211 h |
| June | 23.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 10 | 1.8 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.2°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 6.1 | 0.8 | 11.111 h |
| August | 26.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 11 | 1.9 | 11.511 h |
| September | 28.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 46 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 104 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 199 | 21.2 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 26.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 262 | 25.6 | 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
- Patos de Minas in DecemberBrazil · 64 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 253 mm rain
- Araxá in DecemberBrazil · 72 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.3°C · 229 mm rain
- Araguari in DecemberBrazil · 130 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 236 mm rain
- Catalão in DecemberBrazil · 133 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 252 mm rain
- Uberaba in DecemberBrazil · 133 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 298 mm rain
- Uberlândia in DecemberBrazil · 135 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 250 mm rain
- Franca in DecemberBrazil · 182 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.6°C · 265 mm rain
- Paracatu in DecemberBrazil · 192 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 Patrocínio) is explained once on the Patrocínio year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.