Climate averages 1991–2020

São João da Boa Vista 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.

Average high 27.5°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 245 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in São João da Boa Vista · average highYear overview

December is a warm month in São João da Boa Vista: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Poços de Caldas (32 km away). In December its highs average 24.7°C, 2.7°C cooler than São João da Boa Vista, with 308 mm of rain.

Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, São João da Boa Vista ranks joint 279th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 371st of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; São João da Boa Vista is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 245 mm to 282 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. 101520253035 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 3000

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

Every month, side by side

São João da Boa Vista climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for São João da Boa Vista, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.6°C19.5°C19.5°C28224.013.313 h
February 27.8°C19.4°C19.4°C21320.312.813 h
March 27.2°C18.6°C18.6°C18319.912.212 h
April 26.3°C16.7°C16.7°C8010.311.612 h
May 23.9°C13.7°C13.7°C566.411.111 h
June 23.5°C12.5°C12.5°C324.110.811 h
July 23.8°C12.2°C12.2°C273.310.911 h
August 25.8°C13.5°C13.5°C263.711.411 h
September 27.7°C16.2°C16.2°C778.712.012 h
October 28.1°C18.0°C18.0°C12214.512.613 h
November 27.2°C18.4°C18.4°C19119.413.113 h
December, selected 27.5°C19.2°C19.2°C24523.413.413 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

Distance from São João da Boa Vista

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 São João da Boa Vista) is explained once on the São João da Boa Vista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.