Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Luzia weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Santa Luzia: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vespasiano (11 km away). In December its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Santa Luzia, with 225 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Santa Luzia ranks joint 336th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 292nd of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Santa Luzia is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 178 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 Luzia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 178 | 17.2 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 100 | 11.7 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 121 | 15.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 47 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.5 | 11.211 h |
| June | 24.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| July | 24.3°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 3.5 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| August | 25.8°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 8.6 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 27.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 38 | 5.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 69 | 10.2 | 12.513 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 165 | 17.7 | 13.013 h |
| December, selected | 26.8°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 217 | 20.9 | 13.313 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
- Vespasiano in DecemberBrazil · 11 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 225 mm rain
- Sabará in DecemberBrazil · 14 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Lagoa Santa in DecemberBrazil · 16 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 225 mm rain
- Belo Horizonte in DecemberBrazil · 19 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 260 mm rain
- Nova Lima in DecemberBrazil · 24 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 265 mm rain
- Ribeirão das Neves in DecemberBrazil · 25 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 225 mm rain
- Contagem in DecemberBrazil · 28 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 260 mm rain
- Ibirité in DecemberBrazil · 35 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 260 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 Luzia) is explained once on the Santa Luzia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.