Climate averages 1991–2020

Santa Inês weather
in December.

A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.3°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 24.5°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 120 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Santa Inês · average highYear overview

December is a hot month in Santa Inês: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bacabal (91 km away). In December its highs average 32.6°C, about as warm as Santa Inês, with 131 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Inês ranks joint 23rd of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 105th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Inês is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 253 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 2025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Santa Inês climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Santa Inês, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.2°C23.6°C23.6°C25325.412.312 h
February 29.6°C23.4°C23.4°C27826.012.212 h
March 29.4°C23.3°C23.3°C34129.512.112 h
April 29.4°C23.4°C23.4°C31027.912.012 h
May 29.8°C23.5°C23.5°C16321.512.012 h
June 30.3°C23.3°C23.3°C5511.611.912 h
July 31.2°C23.1°C23.1°C326.411.912 h
August 33.0°C23.6°C23.6°C112.812.012 h
September 34.0°C24.3°C24.3°C122.112.112 h
October 34.4°C24.8°C24.8°C194.012.212 h
November 33.7°C24.8°C24.8°C498.012.312 h
December, selected 32.3°C24.5°C24.5°C12015.312.312 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

Distance from Santa Inês

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Santa Inês) is explained once on the Santa Inês year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.