Climate averages 1991–2020
Poços de Caldas weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Poços de Caldas: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 308 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is São João da Boa Vista (32 km away). In December its highs average 27.5°C, 2.7°C warmer than Poços de Caldas, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Poços de Caldas ranks joint 431st of 448 for the warmest December highs and 440th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Poços de Caldas is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 308 mm to 338 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
Poços de Caldas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 338 | 25.2 | 13.313 h |
| February | 25.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 250 | 20.9 | 12.813 h |
| March | 24.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 216 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 88 | 11.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 62 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 4.2 | 10.811 h |
| July | 20.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 26 | 3.4 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.0°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 29 | 4.1 | 11.411 h |
| September | 24.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 92 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 149 | 15.9 | 12.613 h |
| November | 24.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 238 | 20.9 | 13.113 h |
| December, selected | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 308 | 25.2 | 13.413 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
- São João da Boa Vista in DecemberBrazil · 32 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Alfenas in DecemberBrazil · 75 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.7°C · 204 mm rain
- Mogi Guaçu in DecemberBrazil · 76 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 220 mm rain
- Itapira in DecemberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 210 mm rain
- Pouso Alegre in DecemberBrazil · 81 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Mogi Mirim in DecemberBrazil · 82 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Pirassununga in DecemberBrazil · 92 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 215 mm rain
- Leme in DecemberBrazil · 96 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.7°C · 235 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 Poços de Caldas) is explained once on the Poços de Caldas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.