Araxá weather in December

In December, Araxá sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 229 mm of rain across 23.7 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 06 min at the start of December to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Araxá's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Araxá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
229 mm
23.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:29 AM – 7:39 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Araxá is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical December day in Araxá reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Araxá weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°22021.213.14.6
Feb28° / 19°14116.812.75.0
Mar27° / 19°14518.512.15.1
Apr27° / 17°499.111.66.7
May25° / 15°284.411.17.8
Jun25° / 13°11210.88.6
Jul25° / 13°6110.98.8
Aug27° / 14°11211.38.3
Sep28° / 16°456.711.96.5
Oct29° / 18°8812.912.55.3
Nov27° / 18°17119.912.94.8
Dec27° / 19°22923.713.24.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
31882
41882
51882
61783
71783
81783
91783
101783
111783
121783
131882
141981
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301981
311882

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Araxá gets around 229 mm of rain over 23.7 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 76% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
175
276
377
477
578
678
778
878
978
1077
1177
1277
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1576
1676
1775
1875
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2075
2174
2274
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2474
2574
2674
2774
2874
2974
3073
3173

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 62% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1163855
2053758
3053560
4043462
5043363
6033265
7033265
8033166
9033166
10023167
11023266
12023266
13023365
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17023662
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26023860
27033760
28033661
29033562
30033463
31033364

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of December to 13 h 12 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 6:25 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:30 PM to 7:46 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:257:30
213.16:257:31
313.16:257:32
413.16:257:32
513.16:257:33
613.16:257:34
713.16:267:34
813.16:267:35
913.26:267:35
1013.26:277:36
1113.26:277:36
1213.26:277:37
1313.26:287:38
1413.26:287:38
1513.26:287:39
1613.26:297:39
1713.26:297:40
1813.26:297:40
1913.26:307:41
2013.26:307:41
2113.26:317:42
2213.26:317:42
2313.26:327:43
2413.26:327:43
2513.26:337:44
2613.26:337:44
2713.26:347:44
2813.26:347:45
2913.26:357:45
3013.26:357:46
3113.26:367:46

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.15 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.4Bright
145.4Bright
155.4Bright
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285.5Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Araxá

In seasonPeak

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

Araxá's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Araxá?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Araxá for sightseeing.

What to pack for Araxá in December

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

In December, Araxá sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Araxá 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 Araxá peaks around February 9 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 9UV 16Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Araxá 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 Araxá is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1621 µg/m³Jul 106 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May7Good
Jun6Good
Jul6Good
Aug11Good
Sep22Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov6Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Araxá?

Araxá sits at 19.6°S, 46.9°W, 1,002 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ibiá, 44 km away.

Topography around Araxá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Araxá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 993 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 528 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 911 m.

The land around Araxá is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) within 3 km, grassland (32%), trees (28%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%), cropland (33%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
528 m
80 km
911 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Ibiá 44 km · Perdizes 46 km · Sacramento 60 km · Santa Juliana 69 km · Patrocínio 72 km · Pedregulho 93 km · Carmo do Paranaíba 93 km · Igarapava 98 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
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

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 Araxá (-19.5933°, -46.9406°, elevation 1,002 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).