Lages weather in December

In December, Lages sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 168 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 13.7 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 13 h 36 min at the start of December to 13 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Lages's 9th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lages's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
15°
10th coldest
Rainfall
168 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
13 h 48 min
6:25 AM – 8:10 PM
Cloud cover
69%
9th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.7
out of 10

Lages is 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 25°C through the month.

A typical December day in Lages reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C warmer than November and on par with January.

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

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 16°19419.413.65.2
Feb25° / 16°16618.1135.2
Mar24° / 15°12915.512.25.9
Apr22° / 13°9910.311.46.4
May18° / 13110.410.65.7
Jun17° / 13110.210.35.2
Jul16° / 12310.310.45.2
Aug18° / 1139.1116.1
Sep19° / 10°16612.111.85.8
Oct21° / 12°19515.512.75.5
Nov23° / 13°1461513.45.9
Dec25° / 15°16816.613.75.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23763
33763
43763
53862
63862
73763
83862
93763
103763
113763
123664
133664
143565
153763
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213466
223367
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253268
263169
273169
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293169
303169
313070

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Lages gets around 168 mm of rain over 16.6 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 54% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2657
2757
2858
2958
3058
3158

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 39% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12534357
22434357
32334368
42234368
52134369
62034379
72034379
819343710
918343810
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1515314014
1614304115
1714294116
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2013274119
2113264120
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2511254124
2611244025
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299244027
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Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 36 min at the start of December to 13 h 42 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 6:22 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 8:00 PM to 8:17 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.66:228:00
213.66:228:01
313.76:228:02
413.76:228:02
513.76:228:03
613.76:228:04
713.76:238:04
813.76:238:05
913.76:238:06
1013.76:238:06
1113.76:238:07
1213.76:248:08
1313.76:248:08
1413.76:248:09
1513.76:258:09
1613.86:258:10
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1813.86:268:11
1913.86:268:12
2013.86:268:12
2113.86:278:13
2213.86:278:13
2313.86:288:14
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2513.86:298:14
2613.86:298:15
2713.86:308:15
2813.86:318:16
2913.76:318:16
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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 5.95 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in December across the year — December's 5.95 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
26.0Bright
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46.0Bright
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315.9Bright
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Lages?

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

5.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Lages for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lages in December

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

In December, Lages sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Lages 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 Lages peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateHighVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jun 21UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr9Very high
May6High
Jun4Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug6High
Sep8Very high
Oct9Very high
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Lages 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 Lages is worst in August — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (March, 6 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodAug 2016 µg/m³Mar 156 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb6Good
Mar6Good
Apr7Good
May6Good
Jun6Good
Jul9Good
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lages?

Lages sits at 27.8°S, 50.3°W, 917 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Correia Pinto, 26 km away.

Topography around Lages

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lages has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 909 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 431 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,396 m.

The land around Lages is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
166 m
16 km
431 m
80 km
1,396 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Correia Pinto 26 km · Otacílio Costa 42 km · Curitibanos 65 km · São Joaquim 66 km · Pouso Redondo 73 km · Ituporanga 84 km · Taió 84 km · Rio do Sul 95 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 Lages (-27.8161°, -50.3261°, elevation 917 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).