Lagoa Formosa weather in December

In December, Lagoa Formosa sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 250 mm of rain across 24 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Lagoa Formosa's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lagoa Formosa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
250 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:28 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Lagoa 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 27°C through the month.

A typical December day in Lagoa Formosa reaches about 27°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Lagoa Formosa 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°22121.3134.6
Feb28° / 19°16117.112.64.9
Mar27° / 19°16820.512.14.8
Apr27° / 17°6610.611.66.4
May26° / 15°274.911.17.7
Jun25° / 13°101.510.98.5
Jul25° / 13°40.7118.7
Aug27° / 14°91.811.48.3
Sep29° / 16°416.211.96.3
Oct29° / 18°9712.912.45.1
Nov27° / 19°20121.312.94.6
Dec27° / 19°2502413.14.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21585
31585
41486
51387
61486
71486
81486
91486
101486
111486
121585
131684
141783
151882
161882
172080
182080
192179
202179
212179
222179
232278
242278
252278
262278
272179
282179
292080
302080
312278

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Lagoa Formosa gets around 250 mm of rain over 24 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 77% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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279
380
480
581
681
781
880
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1080
1179
1279
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1676
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1875
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2075
2175
2274
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2674
2774
2873
2973
3073
3173

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 74% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
142571
242373
342274
442076
531978
631879
731879
831879
921880
1021880
1121979
1221979
1322078
1422177
1522276
1622375
1722474
1822573
1922672
2022771
2122870
2222870
2322969
2422969
2522969
2622870
2722870
2822870
2922771
3022771
3122771

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 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 6:24 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 7:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:247:27
213.16:247:27
313.16:247:28
413.16:247:29
513.16:257:29
613.16:257:30
713.16:257:30
813.16:257:31
913.16:267:32
1013.16:267:32
1113.16:267:33
1213.16:277:33
1313.16:277:34
1413.16:277:34
1513.16:287:35
1613.16:287:35
1713.16:287:36
1813.16:297:37
1913.16:297:37
2013.16:307:38
2113.16:307:38
2213.16:317:39
2313.16:317:39
2413.16:327:39
2513.16:327:40
2613.16:337:40
2713.16:337:41
2813.16:347:41
2913.16:347:42
3013.16:357:42
3113.16:357:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.41 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 Lagoa Formosa

In seasonPeak

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

Lagoa 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 Lagoa Formosa?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Lagoa Formosa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lagoa Formosa in December

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

In December, Lagoa Formosa sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lagoa Formosa 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 Lagoa Formosa peaks around February 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 11UV 16Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Lagoa Formosa?

Lagoa Formosa sits at 18.8°S, 46.4°W, 878 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Patos de Minas, 25 km away.

Topography around Lagoa Formosa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lagoa Formosa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 854 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 696 m.

The land around Lagoa Formosa is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and grassland (45%), trees (24%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
343 m
80 km
696 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Patos de Minas 25 km · Carmo do Paranaíba 27 km · Presidente Olegário 40 km · Patrocínio 64 km · São Gotardo 70 km · Ibiá 79 km · Coromandel 90 km · Vazante 103 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 Lagoa Formosa (-18.7786°, -46.4075°, elevation 878 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).