Climate averages 1991–2020
Paulista weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Paulista: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Igarassu (12 km away). In December its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Paulista, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Paulista ranks joint 120th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 27th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Paulista is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 53 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
Paulista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 53 | 15.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 61 | 15.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 124 | 21.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 146 | 23.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 162 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 143 | 24.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 82 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 15.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 31 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 24 | 9.8 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 29.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 29 | 10.7 | 12.613 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
- Igarassu in DecemberBrazil · 12 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.4°C · 32 mm rain
- Recife in DecemberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Camaragibe in DecemberBrazil · 15 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in DecemberBrazil · 25 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in DecemberBrazil · 42 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 43 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Goiana in DecemberBrazil · 45 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.9°C · 30 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in DecemberBrazil · 50 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 29 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 Paulista) is explained once on the Paulista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.