Climate averages 1991–2020
Vitória de Santo Antão weather
in December.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Vitória de Santo Antão: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carpina (30 km away). In December its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Vitória de Santo Antão, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 448 cities listed in Brazil, Vitória de Santo Antão ranks joint 87th of 448 for the warmest December highs and joint 27th of 448 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 448 cities is 28.5°C; Vitória de Santo Antão is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 49 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
Vitória de Santo Antão climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 49 | 14.8 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 56 | 15.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 73 | 17.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 85 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 86 | 19.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 91 | 18.9 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 78 | 18.8 | 11.712 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 44 | 14.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 31 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 23 | 8.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 21 | 7.7 | 12.512 h |
| December, selected | 30.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 29 | 11.2 | 12.613 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
- Carpina in DecemberBrazil · 30 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.3°C · 30 mm rain
- Jaboatão dos Guararapes in DecemberBrazil · 30 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Gravatá in DecemberBrazil · 31 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Cabo de Santo Agostinho in DecemberBrazil · 34 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.4°C · 43 mm rain
- Camaragibe in DecemberBrazil · 36 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Ipojuca in DecemberBrazil · 40 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Recife in DecemberBrazil · 46 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Paulista in DecemberBrazil · 50 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.5°C · 29 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 Vitória de Santo Antão) is explained once on the Vitória de Santo Antão year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.