Alto Paraíso weather in December

In December, Alto Paraíso sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 272 mm of rain across 27.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Alto Paraíso's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alto Paraíso's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 272 mm; 27.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 36 min; 5:52 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.72 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Alto Paraíso reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
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26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

How December really feels in Alto Paraíso

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Alto Paraíso weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 23°	311	28.2	12.5	2.7
Feb	30° / 23°	291	26.4	12.3	2.7
Mar	30° / 23°	292	28.8	12.1	2.7
Apr	30° / 23°	201	25.2	11.8	3.0
May	30° / 22°	105	17.9	11.6	3.9
Jun	31° / 21°	29	6.5	11.4	4.8
Jul	33° / 21°	17	3.2	11.5	4.3
Aug	34° / 22°	42	6.6	11.7	3.3
Sep	34° / 23°	98	15.7	11.9	2.8
Oct	33° / 23°	168	22.5	12.2	2.6
Nov	31° / 23°	235	25	12.4	2.7
Dec	30° / 23°	272	27.6	12.6	2.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6
Cloudier (%)	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Alto Paraíso gets around 272 mm of rain over 27.6 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81
Miserable (%)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6
Sunrise (AM)	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	5:47	6:19
2	12.5	5:47	6:19
3	12.5	5:48	6:20
4	12.5	5:48	6:20
5	12.5	5:48	6:21
6	12.5	5:49	6:21
7	12.5	5:49	6:22
8	12.5	5:49	6:22
9	12.6	5:50	6:23
10	12.6	5:50	6:23
11	12.6	5:50	6:24
12	12.6	5:51	6:24
13	12.6	5:51	6:25
14	12.6	5:52	6:25
15	12.6	5:52	6:26
16	12.6	5:52	6:26
17	12.6	5:53	6:27
18	12.6	5:53	6:27
19	12.6	5:54	6:28
20	12.6	5:54	6:28
21	12.6	5:55	6:29
22	12.6	5:55	6:29
23	12.6	5:56	6:30
24	12.6	5:56	6:30
25	12.6	5:57	6:31
26	12.6	5:57	6:31
27	12.6	5:58	6:32
28	12.6	5:58	6:32
29	12.6	5:59	6:32
30	12.6	5:59	6:33
31	12.6	6:00	6:33

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 4.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Alto Paraíso

In seasonPeak

In December, Alto Paraíso sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Alto Paraíso's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Alto Paraíso?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alto Paraíso.

What to pack for Alto Paraíso in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Alto Paraíso sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Alto Paraíso in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Alto Paraíso peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 12 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	15	13	10	9	9	5	3	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	5	High
Sep	3	Moderate
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Alto Paraíso in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Alto Paraíso is worst in September — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.3× the cleanest month (May, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	13	12	14	11	10	11	15	68	101	41	21	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	11	Good
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	68	Unhealthy
Sep	101	Unhealthy
Oct	41	Poor
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Alto Paraíso?

Alto Paraíso sits at 9.7°S, 63.3°W, 137 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ariquemes, 36 km away.

Topography around Alto Paraíso

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Alto Paraíso.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alto Paraíso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 135 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 358 m.

The land around Alto Paraíso is covered by grassland (65%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (60%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

grassland 65%

16 km

173 m

grassland 60%

80 km

358 m

grassland 52%

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← November Alto Paraíso year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Ariquemes 36 km · Buritis 79 km · Candeias do Jamari 110 km · Jaru 122 km · Porto Velho 125 km · Machadinho d'Oeste 149 km · Ouro Preto do Oeste 165 km · Ji Paraná 197 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / N; 127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 46% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $10,713; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 89%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 19.3; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 16; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 482
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Alto Paraíso (-9.7228°, -63.3102°, elevation 137 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	30	23
15	30	23
16	30	23
17	30	23
18	30	23
19	30	23
20	30	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23
31	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	7	93
2	7	93
3	7	93
4	7	93
5	7	93
6	7	93
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	7	93
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	87
2	87
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	88
9	88
10	88
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	68	32
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	68	32
6	68	32
7	68	32
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	70	30
11	71	29
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	73	27
15	74	26
16	75	25
17	76	24
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	80	20
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	81	19
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19
31	81	19