Luz weather in December

In December, Luz sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 271 mm of rain across 22.8 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Luz's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
271 mm
22.8 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:23 AM – 7:35 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Luz 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 29°C through the month.

A typical December day in Luz reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°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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Luz 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
Jan29° / 20°25020.113.14.1
Feb29° / 20°15515.312.74.4
Mar29° / 20°16917.912.14.6
Apr28° / 18°619.111.66.3
May26° / 16°34511.17.6
Jun26° / 14°101.810.88.4
Jul26° / 14°60.910.98.5
Aug28° / 15°112.111.37.9
Sep29° / 17°506.711.95.9
Oct30° / 19°9811.612.54.9
Nov29° / 20°21619.412.94.3
Dec29° / 20°27122.813.24.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22278
32179
42080
52080
62080
71981
81981
91981
101981
111981
122080
132080
142278
152278
162278
172377
182575
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202575
212575
222674
232773
242773
252773
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282674
292575
302575
312575

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Luz gets around 271 mm of rain over 22.8 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 73% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
374
474
575
675
775
875
974
1074
1174
1273
1373
1473
1572
1672
1772
1872
1972
2072
2172
2272
2372
2472
2572
2673
2773
2873
2972
3072
3172

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 88% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1219745
2217765
3216766
4114796
5113806
6112807
7111817
8110827
919837
1019837
1119837
1219837
1319837
1419837
1509847
16010837
17010837
18010837
19011827
20011827
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22011827
23011827
24012817
25012808
26012808
27012799
28012799
29012799
300127810
310127810

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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
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126calm
136calm
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166calm
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246calm
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286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

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 6:19 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 7:26 PM to 7:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:197:26
213.16:197:26
313.16:197:27
413.16:207:28
513.16:207:28
613.16:207:29
713.26:207:29
813.26:217:30
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1113.26:217:32
1213.26:227:32
1313.26:227:33
1413.26:227:34
1513.26:237:34
1613.26:237:35
1713.26:247:35
1813.26:247:36
1913.26:247:36
2013.26:257:37
2113.26:257:37
2213.26:267:38
2313.26:267:38
2413.26:277:39
2513.26:277:39
2613.26:287:39
2713.26:287:40
2813.26:297:40
2913.26:297:41
3013.26:307:41
3113.26:307:41

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 4.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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95.3Bright
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Luz

In seasonPeak

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

Luz'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 Luz?

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 Luz for sightseeing.

What to pack for Luz in December

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

In December, Luz sees daytime highs around 29°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 Luz 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 Luz peaks around January 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Luz?

Luz sits at 19.8°S, 45.7°W, 679 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Lagoa da Prata, 29 km away.

Topography around Luz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 84 m around an average of 669 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 692 m.

The land around Luz is covered by cropland (40%) and grassland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (47%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
84 m
16 km
143 m
80 km
692 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
December weather nearby: Lagoa da Prata 29 km · Bambuí 38 km · Bom Despacho 46 km · Santo Antônio do Monte 52 km · Arcos 56 km · São Gotardo 66 km · Nova Serrana 74 km · Abaeté 76 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 Luz (-19.8014°, -45.6856°, elevation 679 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).