Climate averages 1991–2020
Teófilo Otoni weather
in December.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Teófilo Otoni: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Governador Valadares (120 km away). In December its highs average 30.4°C, 1.0°C warmer than Teófilo Otoni, with 214 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Teófilo Otoni ranks joint 137th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 235th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Teófilo Otoni is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 117 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
Teófilo Otoni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 117 | 12.7 | 13.113 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 79 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| March | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 112 | 14.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 74 | 12.7 | 11.712 h |
| May | 26.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 33 | 8.3 | 11.311 h |
| June | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 21 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| July | 24.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 21 | 7.1 | 11.211 h |
| August | 26.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 18 | 5.7 | 11.512 h |
| September | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 81 | 9.5 | 12.512 h |
| November | 28.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 161 | 16.0 | 12.913 h |
| December, selected | 29.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 190 | 16.5 | 13.213 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
- Governador Valadares in DecemberBrazil · 120 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 214 mm rain
- Teixeira de Freitas in DecemberBrazil · 190 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.2°C · 116 mm rain
- São Mateus in DecemberBrazil · 199 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Colatina in DecemberBrazil · 208 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 168 mm rain
- Ipatinga in DecemberBrazil · 209 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 234 mm rain
- Coronel Fabriciano in DecemberBrazil · 219 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 332 mm rain
- Caratinga in DecemberBrazil · 225 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 223 mm rain
- Timóteo in DecemberBrazil · 226 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 332 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 Teófilo Otoni) is explained once on the Teófilo Otoni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.