Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe weather
in December.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Santa Cruz do Capibaribe: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a very dry month (the joint 4th 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 Caruaru (44 km away). In December its highs average 29.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Santa Cruz do Capibaribe, with 19 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Cruz do Capibaribe ranks joint 34th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Cruz do Capibaribe is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 40 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
Santa Cruz do Capibaribe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 40 | 7.9 | 12.513 h |
| February | 31.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 32 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 31.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 48 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 30.2°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 41 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 41 | 8.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 34 | 6.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 22 | 5.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 12 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 6.5 | 2.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 31.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 6.6 | 2.0 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 31.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 12 | 3.8 | 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
- Caruaru in DecemberBrazil · 44 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.5°C · 19 mm rain
- Belo Jardim in DecemberBrazil · 48 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Gravatá in DecemberBrazil · 75 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Campina Grande in DecemberBrazil · 88 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Vitória de Santo Antão in DecemberBrazil · 102 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.6°C · 29 mm rain
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 105 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Arcoverde in DecemberBrazil · 107 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 15 mm rain
- Garanhuns in DecemberBrazil · 108 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.9°C · 25 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 Santa Cruz do Capibaribe) is explained once on the Santa Cruz do Capibaribe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.