Boa Vista weather in December

In December, Boa Vista sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 58 mm of rain across 10.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of December to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Boa Vista's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boa Vista's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
58 mm
10.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:04 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover
68%
5th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Boa Vista is human settlement in Brazil, Roraima.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical December day in Boa Vista reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°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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How December really feels in Boa Vista

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Boa Vista weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 24°346.711.93.8
Feb33° / 25°315.711.93.6
Mar33° / 25°599.2123.2
Apr32° / 24°20017.412.13.1
May30° / 24°34426.412.13.0
Jun29° / 23°31027.312.23.1
Jul29° / 23°24926.712.13.3
Aug31° / 23°15622.312.13.4
Sep32° / 24°9415.4123.5
Oct33° / 24°7112.811.93.3
Nov33° / 24°9013.611.93.2
Dec32° / 24°5810.211.83.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
43763
53763
63862
73862
83664
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113664
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Boa Vista gets around 58 mm of rain over 10.2 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 33% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
234
334
433
533
633
733
833
933
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1435
1535
1635
1736
1836
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2035
2135
2235
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2829
2928
3027
3126

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
10176716
20186715
31186714
41196614
51206613
61206712
71216711
81226710
91236610
10124669
11124678
12125668
13126667
14127657
15128656
16129646
17130645
18131635
19132625
20133624
21134614
22134614
23135613
24136603
25237583
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28240562
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Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
79calm
89calm
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109calm
119calm
129calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of December to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:575:48
211.85:575:48
311.85:585:49
411.85:585:49
511.85:595:49
611.85:595:50
711.86:005:50
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 4.97 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Boa Vista

In seasonPeak

None of Boa Vista's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Boa Vista's monsoon runs April–August, 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 Boa Vista?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boa Vista. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Boa Vista in December

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

In December, Boa Vista sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boa Vista in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Boa Vista peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 17 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 20UV 15Nov 17UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Boa Vista 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 Boa Vista is worst in March — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateMar 2222 µg/m³Aug 2212 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun13Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Boa Vista?

Boa Vista sits at 2.8°N, 60.7°W, 82 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cantá, 25 km away.

Topography around Boa Vista

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boa Vista has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 75 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,011 m.

The land around Boa Vista is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) within 16 km, and grassland (56%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km
29 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
1,011 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Cantá 25 km · Mucajaí 50 km · Alto Alegre 92 km · Lethem 115 km · Caracaraí 123 km · Pacaraima 187 km · Santa Elena de Uairén 204 km · Rorainópolis 210 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 Boa Vista (2.8197°, -60.6733°, elevation 82 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).