Carmo do Cajuru weather in December

In December, Carmo do Cajuru sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 218 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 Carmo do Cajuru's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Carmo do Cajuru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
218 mm
21.3 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:19 AM – 7:32 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Carmo do Cajuru 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 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Carmo do Cajuru reaches about 28°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 31°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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Carmo do Cajuru weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°20618.913.14.6
Feb29° / 19°11514.112.74.8
Mar28° / 19°1271612.15.2
Apr27° / 17°44811.66.8
May25° / 15°304.611.17.8
Jun25° / 13°91.710.88.5
Jul25° / 13°60.910.98.7
Aug27° / 14°111.811.38.3
Sep28° / 16°43611.96.7
Oct29° / 18°7210.412.55.5
Nov28° / 19°16417.5135.0
Dec28° / 19°21821.313.24.6

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 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32179
42179
52080
62080
72080
82080
92080
102080
112278
122278
132377
142476
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Carmo do Cajuru gets around 218 mm of rain over 21.3 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 68% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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266
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568
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969
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1568
1668
1768
1868
1968
2068
2168
2268
2368
2468
2568
2668
2769
2869
2969
3068
3168

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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1536590
2534610
3533620
4431650
5430660
6429670
7428680
8327700
9326710
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31226711

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
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118calm
128calm
138calm
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218calm
228calm
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268calm
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 6:15 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:38 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:157:23
213.16:157:23
313.26:157:24
413.26:157:25
513.26:157:25
613.26:167:26
713.26:167:27
813.26:167:27
913.26:167:28
1013.26:177:28
1113.26:177:29
1213.26:177:29
1313.26:187:30
1413.26:187:31
1513.26:187:31
1613.26:197:32
1713.26:197:32
1813.26:207:33
1913.26:207:33
2013.26:207:34
2113.26:217:34
2213.26:217:35
2313.26:227:35
2413.26:227:36
2513.26:237:36
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2713.26:247:37
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2913.26:257:38
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3113.26:267:38

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.93 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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45.4Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Carmo do Cajuru

In seasonPeak

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

Carmo do Cajuru'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 Carmo do Cajuru?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Carmo do Cajuru for sightseeing.

What to pack for Carmo do Cajuru in December

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

In December, Carmo do Cajuru sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Carmo do Cajuru 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 Carmo do Cajuru peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 20UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Carmo do Cajuru 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 Carmo do Cajuru is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1715 µg/m³Nov 238 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul9Good
Aug10Good
Sep16Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Carmo do Cajuru?

Carmo do Cajuru sits at 20.2°S, 44.8°W, 756 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Divinópolis, 13 km away.

Topography around Carmo do Cajuru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Carmo do Cajuru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 195 m around an average of 772 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 436 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 842 m.

The land around Carmo do Cajuru is covered by grassland (38%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
195 m
16 km
436 m
80 km
842 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Divinópolis 13 km · Itaúna 24 km · Cláudio 29 km · Pará de Minas 40 km · Nova Serrana 41 km · Mateus Leme 42 km · Carmópolis de Minas 42 km · Itapecerica 49 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 Carmo do Cajuru (-20.1842°, -44.7711°, elevation 756 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).