Madalena weather in December

In December, Madalena sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 19 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of December to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Madalena's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madalena's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 19 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:26 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 54%; 7th clearest
Wind: 15 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 6.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical December day in Madalena reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

How December really feels in Madalena

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Madalena weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 23°	95	14.8	12.3	3.5
Feb	31° / 22°	97	16.5	12.2	3.6
Mar	30° / 22°	147	21.2	12	3.5
Apr	30° / 22°	143	21.4	11.9	3.7
May	30° / 22°	76	15.1	11.8	4.6
Jun	30° / 21°	36	9.4	11.7	5.3
Jul	30° / 21°	20	4.8	11.7	5.6
Aug	32° / 21°	8	1.7	11.8	5.2
Sep	33° / 22°	2	0.4	12	4.6
Oct	34° / 22°	5	0.8	12.1	4.0
Nov	34° / 23°	5	1.1	12.2	3.9
Dec	33° / 23°	19	4.5	12.3	3.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 41%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	63	62	62	62	63	62	62	62	62	61	62	61	61	61	61	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	53	52	51	49
Cloudier (%)	37	38	38	38	37	38	38	38	38	39	38	39	39	39	39	39	39	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	47	48	49	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Madalena gets around 19 mm of rain over 4.5 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 15% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	22	23	24	25	26	27	29

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	13
15	14
16	15
17	16
18	17
19	18
20	19
21	19
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	26
30	27
31	29

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Muggy (%)	67	67	67	67	68	67	68	69	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	74	75	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	72	72	71	70	69	70	69
Oppressive (%)	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	67	2
2	31	67	2
3	30	67	3
4	30	67	3
5	29	68	3
6	29	67	4
7	28	68	4
8	27	69	4
9	26	69	5
10	25	70	5
11	24	71	5
12	22	72	6
13	21	73	6
14	20	73	7
15	19	74	7
16	18	74	8
17	17	75	8
18	17	74	9
19	16	74	10
20	16	74	10
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	73	12
24	14	73	13
25	14	72	14
26	14	72	14
27	14	71	15
28	14	70	16
29	14	69	17
30	13	70	17
31	13	69	18

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	16	light breeze
2	16	light breeze
3	16	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	15	light breeze
9	15	light breeze
10	15	light breeze
11	15	light breeze
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13	15	light breeze
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15	15	light breeze
16	15	light breeze
17	15	light breeze
18	15	light breeze
19	15	light breeze
20	15	light breeze
21	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	14	light breeze
27	14	light breeze
28	14	light breeze
29	14	light breeze
30	14	light breeze
31	14	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of December to 12 h 18 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 5:20 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:50 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:24	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33
Sunset (PM)	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:39	5:39	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:20	5:36
2	12.3	5:21	5:36
3	12.3	5:21	5:37
4	12.3	5:21	5:37
5	12.3	5:22	5:38
6	12.3	5:22	5:38
7	12.3	5:22	5:39
8	12.3	5:23	5:39
9	12.3	5:23	5:40
10	12.3	5:24	5:40
11	12.3	5:24	5:40
12	12.3	5:24	5:41
13	12.3	5:25	5:41
14	12.3	5:25	5:42
15	12.3	5:26	5:42
16	12.3	5:26	5:43
17	12.3	5:27	5:43
18	12.3	5:27	5:44
19	12.3	5:27	5:44
20	12.3	5:28	5:45
21	12.3	5:28	5:45
22	12.3	5:29	5:46
23	12.3	5:29	5:46
24	12.3	5:30	5:47
25	12.3	5:30	5:47
26	12.3	5:31	5:48
27	12.3	5:31	5:48
28	12.3	5:32	5:48
29	12.3	5:32	5:49
30	12.3	5:33	5:49
31	12.3	5:33	5:50

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 6.14 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.4	Intense
2	6.4	Intense
3	6.4	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.3	Intense
6	6.3	Intense
7	6.3	Intense
8	6.3	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.1	Intense
15	6.1	Intense
16	6.1	Intense
17	6.1	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.0	Intense
21	6.0	Intense
22	6.0	Intense
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Madalena

In seasonPeak

None of Madalena's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Madalena's rainy season runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Madalena?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

6.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Madalena. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Madalena in December

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

In December, Madalena sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Madalena in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Madalena peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	15	16	14	11	10	10	11	12	11	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Madalena?

Madalena sits at 4.9°S, 39.6°W, 297 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Boa Viagem, 35 km away.

Topography around Madalena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madalena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 304 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,019 m.

The land around Madalena is covered by grassland (51%) and shrubs (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (76%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (75%) within 80 km.

3 km

65 m

grassland 51%

16 km

348 m

shrubs 76%

80 km

1,019 m

shrubs 75%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

← November Madalena year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Boa Viagem 35 km · Itatira 37 km · Quixeramobim 49 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 54 km · Canindé 63 km · Quixadá 63 km · Pedra Branca 68 km · Itapiúna 80 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

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 Madalena (-4.8572°, -39.5767°, elevation 297 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	13
15	14
16	15
17	16
18	17
19	18
20	19
21	19
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	26
30	27
31	29

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	67	2
2	31	67	2
3	30	67	3
4	30	67	3
5	29	68	3
6	29	67	4
7	28	68	4
8	27	69	4
9	26	69	5
10	25	70	5
11	24	71	5
12	22	72	6
13	21	73	6
14	20	73	7
15	19	74	7
16	18	74	8
17	17	75	8
18	17	74	9
19	16	74	10
20	16	74	10
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	73	12
24	14	73	13
25	14	72	14
26	14	72	14
27	14	71	15
28	14	70	16
29	14	69	17
30	13	70	17
31	13	69	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	13
15	14
16	15
17	16
18	17
19	18
20	19
21	19
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	26
30	27
31	29

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	67	2
2	31	67	2
3	30	67	3
4	30	67	3
5	29	68	3
6	29	67	4
7	28	68	4
8	27	69	4
9	26	69	5
10	25	70	5
11	24	71	5
12	22	72	6
13	21	73	6
14	20	73	7
15	19	74	7
16	18	74	8
17	17	75	8
18	17	74	9
19	16	74	10
20	16	74	10
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	73	12
24	14	73	13
25	14	72	14
26	14	72	14
27	14	71	15
28	14	70	16
29	14	69	17
30	13	70	17
31	13	69	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	23
2	33	23
3	33	23
4	33	23
5	33	23
6	33	23
7	33	23
8	33	23
9	33	23
10	33	23
11	33	23
12	33	23
13	33	23
14	33	23
15	33	23
16	33	23
17	33	23
18	33	23
19	33	23
20	33	23
21	33	23
22	33	23
23	33	23
24	33	23
25	33	23
26	33	23
27	33	23
28	33	23
29	33	23
30	33	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	63	37
2	62	38
3	62	38
4	62	38
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	62	38
8	62	38
9	62	38
10	61	39
11	62	38
12	61	39
13	61	39
14	61	39
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	61	39
18	60	40
19	59	41
20	59	41
21	58	42
22	58	42
23	57	43
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	53	47
29	52	48
30	51	49
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	5
2	5
3	5
4	6
5	6
6	6
7	7
8	8
9	9
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	12
14	13
15	14
16	15
17	16
18	17
19	18
20	19
21	19
22	20
23	21
24	22
25	22
26	23
27	24
28	25
29	26
30	27
31	29

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	67	2
2	31	67	2
3	30	67	3
4	30	67	3
5	29	68	3
6	29	67	4
7	28	68	4
8	27	69	4
9	26	69	5
10	25	70	5
11	24	71	5
12	22	72	6
13	21	73	6
14	20	73	7
15	19	74	7
16	18	74	8
17	17	75	8
18	17	74	9
19	16	74	10
20	16	74	10
21	15	74	11
22	15	74	11
23	15	73	12
24	14	73	13
25	14	72	14
26	14	72	14
27	14	71	15
28	14	70	16
29	14	69	17
30	13	70	17
31	13	69	18