Formosa weather in December

In December, Formosa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 244 mm of rain across 20.6 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 12 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Formosa's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Formosa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
244 mm
20.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:38 AM – 7:33 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Formosa 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 Formosa 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 32°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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Formosa weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°20218.612.84.5
Feb29° / 20°15916.512.54.5
Mar29° / 20°17418.312.14.6
Apr29° / 19°691011.75.7
May28° / 17°15311.37.3
Jun27° / 16°40.611.18.3
Jul28° / 15°0011.28.5
Aug29° / 17°41.111.57.1
Sep31° / 19°233.811.95.3
Oct31° / 20°10311.612.44.4
Nov29° / 20°21820.812.74.1
Dec28° / 20°24420.612.94.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
41981
51981
61882
71882
81882
91882
101981
111981
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142080
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Formosa gets around 244 mm of rain over 20.6 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 67% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
373
473
573
672
772
871
971
1070
1169
1269
1368
1467
1567
1666
1765
1864
1964
2063
2163
2263
2362
2462
2562
2662
2762
2862
2962
3063
3163

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 73% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
131879
231780
331780
431681
541680
641680
741680
841680
941779
1041779
1151877
1251976
1352075
1452174
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2452966
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2652867
2752768
2852768
2952669
3052570
3152471

Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 12 h 54 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 6:33 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 7:25 PM to 7:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:337:25
212.96:347:25
312.96:347:26
412.96:347:26
512.96:347:27
612.96:357:28
712.96:357:28
812.96:357:29
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1012.96:367:30
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1312.96:377:31
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1512.96:387:33
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1812.96:397:34
1912.96:397:35
2012.96:407:35
2112.96:407:36
2212.96:417:36
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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 5.53 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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45.3Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Formosa

In seasonPeak

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

Formosa'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 Formosa?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Formosa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Formosa in December

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

In December, Formosa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Formosa in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Formosa peaks around February 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 15UV 16Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Formosa 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 Formosa is worst in September — around 24 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1923 µg/m³Jul 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr10Good
May9Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug10Good
Sep24Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Formosa?

Formosa sits at 15.5°S, 47.3°W, 915 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Planaltina, 31 km away.

Topography around Formosa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Formosa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m around an average of 917 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 848 m.

The land around Formosa is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), trees (24%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (34%), trees (23%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
176 m
16 km
610 m
80 km
848 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Planaltina 31 km · Planaltina 35 km · Sobradinho 51 km · Itapoã 52 km · Sobradinho II 55 km · Paranoá 55 km · Lago Norte 60 km · São Sebastião 62 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 Formosa (-15.5372°, -47.3344°, elevation 915 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).