Climate averages 1991–2020
Saquarema weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Saquarema: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Araruama (13 km away). In December its highs average 26.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Saquarema, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Saquarema ranks joint 287th of 448 for the warmest December highs and 107th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Saquarema is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 120 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
Saquarema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 120 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| February | 28.8°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 82 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 126 | 14.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 78 | 12.6 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 76 | 11.8 | 11.011 h |
| June | 23.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 40 | 7.5 | 10.811 h |
| July | 23.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 40 | 7.3 | 10.911 h |
| August | 23.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 36 | 7.4 | 11.311 h |
| September | 24.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 58 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 67 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 111 | 13.8 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 27.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 122 | 12.9 | 13.514 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
- Araruama in DecemberBrazil · 13 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 189 mm rain
- Maricá in DecemberBrazil · 36 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 123 mm rain
- São Pedro da Aldeia in DecemberBrazil · 38 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.7°C · 142 mm rain
- Itaboraí in DecemberBrazil · 43 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.6°C · 255 mm rain
- Cabo Frio in DecemberBrazil · 45 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 96 mm rain
- São Gonçalo in DecemberBrazil · 60 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 229 mm rain
- Magé in DecemberBrazil · 65 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 229 mm rain
- Rio das Ostras in DecemberBrazil · 68 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 222 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 Saquarema) is explained once on the Saquarema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.