Climate averages 1991–2020
Viçosa weather
in December.
A warm, 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 warm month in Viçosa: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ubá (41 km away). In December its highs average 28.5°C, 1.7°C warmer than Viçosa, with 278 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Viçosa ranks joint 336th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 367th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Viçosa is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 226 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
Viçosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 226 | 16.7 | 13.213 h |
| February | 28.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 118 | 12.1 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 60 | 9.6 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 34 | 5.3 | 11.111 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.911 h |
| July | 23.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.011 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.411 h |
| September | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 53 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 92 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| November | 25.8°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 206 | 18.1 | 13.113 h |
| December, selected | 26.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 244 | 20.0 | 13.413 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
- Ubá in DecemberBrazil · 41 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 278 mm rain
- Muriaé in DecemberBrazil · 68 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 254 mm rain
- Ouro Preto in DecemberBrazil · 76 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 340 mm rain
- Conselheiro Lafaiete in DecemberBrazil · 95 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.4°C · 253 mm rain
- Manhuaçu in DecemberBrazil · 104 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 264 mm rain
- Barbacena in DecemberBrazil · 106 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 16.5°C · 306 mm rain
- João Monlevade in DecemberBrazil · 109 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 269 mm rain
- Itaperuna in DecemberBrazil · 115 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 223 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 Viçosa) is explained once on the Viçosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.