Bom Despacho weather in December

In December, Bom Despacho sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 264 mm of rain across 22.5 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Bom Despacho's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bom Despacho's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 264 mm; 22.5 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 12 min; 6:22 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Bom Despacho is human settlement in Brazil.

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

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Bom Despacho reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

Bom Despacho 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 20°	236	19.2	13.1	4.3
Feb	29° / 20°	142	14.4	12.7	4.5
Mar	29° / 20°	155	17.4	12.1	4.6
Apr	28° / 18°	56	9.5	11.6	6.2
May	26° / 16°	30	4.6	11.1	7.6
Jun	26° / 15°	9	1.7	10.8	8.4
Jul	26° / 14°	5	0.7	10.9	8.6
Aug	28° / 15°	9	1.9	11.3	7.9
Sep	29° / 17°	45	6.3	11.9	6.0
Oct	30° / 19°	82	10.8	12.5	5.0
Nov	28° / 20°	197	19.1	12.9	4.4
Dec	28° / 20°	264	22.5	13.2	4.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

	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 (%)	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	21	21	23	23	24	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	25
Cloudier (%)	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	82	82	81	81	79	79	77	77	76	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Bom Despacho gets around 264 mm of rain over 22.5 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 72% and peaks near 74% 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 (%)	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	70	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	73
15	73
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	71
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	69

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 77% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 81% 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
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	25	23	21	20	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Muggy (%)	69	70	72	74	76	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	77	77	78	77	77	78	77	76	76	76
Oppressive (%)	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	69	3
2	3	23	70	4
3	3	21	72	4
4	2	20	74	4
5	2	18	76	4
6	2	17	76	5
7	2	16	77	5
8	2	16	77	5
9	2	15	78	5
10	1	15	79	5
11	1	15	79	5
12	1	15	80	4
13	1	16	79	4
14	1	16	79	4
15	1	16	79	4
16	0	17	79	4
17	0	17	79	4
18	0	17	79	4
19	0	18	78	4
20	0	18	78	4
21	0	18	78	4
22	0	19	77	4
23	0	19	77	4
24	0	18	78	4
25	0	18	77	5
26	0	18	77	5
27	0	17	78	5
28	1	17	77	5
29	1	17	76	6
30	1	17	76	6
31	1	17	76	6

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.

	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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	8	calm
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20	8	calm
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24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	8	calm
27	8	calm
28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm
31	8	calm

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 6:18 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 7:24 PM to 7:39 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)	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	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
Sunset (PM)	7:24	7:25	7:25	7:26	7:26	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:31	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.1	6:18	7:24
2	13.1	6:18	7:25
3	13.1	6:18	7:25
4	13.1	6:18	7:26
5	13.1	6:18	7:26
6	13.1	6:18	7:27
7	13.1	6:19	7:28
8	13.2	6:19	7:28
9	13.2	6:19	7:29
10	13.2	6:20	7:29
11	13.2	6:20	7:30
12	13.2	6:20	7:31
13	13.2	6:20	7:31
14	13.2	6:21	7:32
15	13.2	6:21	7:32
16	13.2	6:22	7:33
17	13.2	6:22	7:33
18	13.2	6:22	7:34
19	13.2	6:23	7:34
20	13.2	6:23	7:35
21	13.2	6:24	7:35
22	13.2	6:24	7:36
23	13.2	6:25	7:36
24	13.2	6:25	7:37
25	13.2	6:26	7:37
26	13.2	6:26	7:38
27	13.2	6:27	7:38
28	13.2	6:27	7:38
29	13.2	6:28	7:39
30	13.2	6:28	7:39
31	13.2	6:29	7:39

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.67 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.8	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Bom Despacho

In seasonPeak

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

Bom Despacho'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 Bom Despacho?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Bom Despacho for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bom Despacho in December

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

In December, Bom Despacho sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bom Despacho 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 Bom Despacho peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	13	11	8	7	7	9	11	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Bom Despacho?

Bom Despacho sits at 19.7°S, 45.3°W, 771 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Nova Serrana, 32 km away.

Topography around Bom Despacho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bom Despacho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 734 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 648 m.

The land around Bom Despacho is covered by grassland (39%), trees (28%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

159 m

grassland 39%

16 km

266 m

grassland 46%

80 km

648 m

grassland 54%

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← November Bom Despacho year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Nova Serrana 32 km · Pitangui 38 km · Santo Antônio do Monte 39 km · Lagoa da Prata 44 km · Luz 46 km · Divinópolis 59 km · Pompéu 66 km · Abaeté 67 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 Bom Despacho (-19.7364°, -45.2522°, elevation 771 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. 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	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	73
15	73
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	71
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	69	3
2	3	23	70	4
3	3	21	72	4
4	2	20	74	4
5	2	18	76	4
6	2	17	76	5
7	2	16	77	5
8	2	16	77	5
9	2	15	78	5
10	1	15	79	5
11	1	15	79	5
12	1	15	80	4
13	1	16	79	4
14	1	16	79	4
15	1	16	79	4
16	0	17	79	4
17	0	17	79	4
18	0	17	79	4
19	0	18	78	4
20	0	18	78	4
21	0	18	78	4
22	0	19	77	4
23	0	19	77	4
24	0	18	78	4
25	0	18	77	5
26	0	18	77	5
27	0	17	78	5
28	1	17	77	5
29	1	17	76	6
30	1	17	76	6
31	1	17	76	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	73
15	73
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	71
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	69	3
2	3	23	70	4
3	3	21	72	4
4	2	20	74	4
5	2	18	76	4
6	2	17	76	5
7	2	16	77	5
8	2	16	77	5
9	2	15	78	5
10	1	15	79	5
11	1	15	79	5
12	1	15	80	4
13	1	16	79	4
14	1	16	79	4
15	1	16	79	4
16	0	17	79	4
17	0	17	79	4
18	0	17	79	4
19	0	18	78	4
20	0	18	78	4
21	0	18	78	4
22	0	19	77	4
23	0	19	77	4
24	0	18	78	4
25	0	18	77	5
26	0	18	77	5
27	0	17	78	5
28	1	17	77	5
29	1	17	76	6
30	1	17	76	6
31	1	17	76	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	23	77
17	23	77
18	24	76
19	25	75
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	27	73
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	26	74
30	26	74
31	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	73
5	73
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	74
13	74
14	73
15	73
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	71
20	71
21	71
22	71
23	71
24	71
25	71
26	71
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	69

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	25	69	3
2	3	23	70	4
3	3	21	72	4
4	2	20	74	4
5	2	18	76	4
6	2	17	76	5
7	2	16	77	5
8	2	16	77	5
9	2	15	78	5
10	1	15	79	5
11	1	15	79	5
12	1	15	80	4
13	1	16	79	4
14	1	16	79	4
15	1	16	79	4
16	0	17	79	4
17	0	17	79	4
18	0	17	79	4
19	0	18	78	4
20	0	18	78	4
21	0	18	78	4
22	0	19	77	4
23	0	19	77	4
24	0	18	78	4
25	0	18	77	5
26	0	18	77	5
27	0	17	78	5
28	1	17	77	5
29	1	17	76	6
30	1	17	76	6
31	1	17	76	6