Climate averages 1991–2020
Salvador weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Salvador: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lauro de Freitas (20 km away). In December its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Salvador, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Salvador ranks joint 213th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 55th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Salvador is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs stay level at 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 59 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
Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 59 | 12.4 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 62 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 91 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 158 | 22.3 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 186 | 22.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 150 | 22.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 116 | 21.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 24.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 81 | 19.8 | 11.712 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 64 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 58 | 10.9 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 64 | 10.6 | 12.713 h |
| December, selected | 28.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 40 | 9.6 | 12.913 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
- Lauro de Freitas in DecemberBrazil · 20 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Simões Filho in DecemberBrazil · 23 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Candeias in DecemberBrazil · 35 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 40 mm rain
- Dias d'Ávila in DecemberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Valença (Bahia), Brazil in DecemberBrazil · 77 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Santo Antônio de Jesus in DecemberBrazil · 83 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Alagoinhas in DecemberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Feira de Santana in DecemberBrazil · 94 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 47 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 Salvador) is explained once on the Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.