Climate averages 1991–2020
Piraquara weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Piraquara: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 236 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pinhais (13 km away). In December its highs average 24.4°C, about as warm as Piraquara, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Piraquara ranks joint 440th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 353rd of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Piraquara is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 236 mm to 300 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
Piraquara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 300 | 25.9 | 13.514 h |
| February | 24.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 279 | 23.1 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 198 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 111 | 15.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 115 | 12.9 | 10.911 h |
| June | 18.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 110 | 11.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 18.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 109 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| August | 19.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 94 | 10.6 | 11.211 h |
| September | 20.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 162 | 15.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 21.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.713 h |
| November | 22.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 177 | 20.4 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 24.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 236 | 22.8 | 13.714 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
- Pinhais in DecemberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.9°C · 163 mm rain
- São José dos Pinhais in DecemberBrazil · 17 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 163 mm rain
- Curitiba in DecemberBrazil · 21 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Colombo, Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 23 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.3°C · 164 mm rain
- Almirante Tamandaré in DecemberBrazil · 28 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 164 mm rain
- Fazenda Rio Grande in DecemberBrazil · 34 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Araucária in DecemberBrazil · 38 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Campo Largo in DecemberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 175 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 Piraquara) is explained once on the Piraquara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.