Montes Claros weather in December

In December, Montes Claros sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 206 mm of rain across 16.5 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-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 17% 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 13 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Montes Claros's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Montes Claros's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
8th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
206 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:22 AM – 7:21 PM
Cloud cover
74%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Montes Claros 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 Montes Claros 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)
12820
22820
32820
42820
52820
62920
72920
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92920
102920
112920
122920
132920
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Montes Claros weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°13112.712.94.9
Feb30° / 20°919.712.64.9
Mar29° / 20°11111.312.15.1
Apr29° / 19°35611.66.0
May28° / 17°102.311.27.4
Jun27° / 15°20.4118.2
Jul27° / 15°10.111.18.4
Aug29° / 16°20.611.47.5
Sep31° / 18°122.111.95.8
Oct31° / 20°667.412.44.8
Nov29° / 20°17815.112.84.6
Dec29° / 20°20616.5134.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 71%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32377
42278
52278
62278
72377
82377
92476
102476
112575
122575
132674
142872
152872
163070
173070
183169
193268
203367
213367
223466
233466
243565
253565
263565
273565
283466
293565
303466
313565

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Montes Claros gets around 206 mm of rain over 16.5 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 53% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
157
258
358
458
559
659
759
859
959
1059
1158
1257
1357
1456
1555
1654
1752
1851
1951
2050
2149
2248
2348
2447
2547
2647
2747
2847
2947
3046
3146

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1631612
2630622
3530623
4529633
5529633
6528643
7528643
8527644
9527644
10527644
11527644
12627634
13627643
14628633
15629623
16630613
17630613
18631612
19632602
20633592
21634582
22635572
23635572
24636562
25636562
26636562
27636562
28635572
29635572
30635563
31635563

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December, the calmest month.

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 12 h 54 min at the start of December to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 7:13 PM to 7:28 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.96:177:13
212.96:187:14
312.96:187:14
412.96:187:15
513.06:187:15
613.06:187:16
713.06:197:16
813.06:197:17
913.06:197:18
1013.06:207:18
1113.06:207:19
1213.06:207:19
1313.06:217:20
1413.06:217:20
1513.06:217:21
1613.06:227:21
1713.06:227:22
1813.06:237:22
1913.06:237:23
2013.06:247:23
2113.06:247:24
2213.06:247:24
2313.06:257:25
2413.06:257:25
2513.06:267:26
2613.06:267:26
2713.06:277:27
2813.06:277:27
2913.06:287:27
3013.06:297:28
3113.06:297:28

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.26 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.4Bright
85.4Bright
95.5Bright
105.5Bright
115.5Bright
125.6Bright
135.6Bright
145.7Bright
155.7Bright
165.8Bright
175.8Bright
185.8Bright
195.9Bright
205.9Bright
215.9Bright
226.0Bright
236.0Bright
246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.0Intense
316.0Intense
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Montes Claros

In seasonPeak

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

Montes Claros's monsoon runs November–January, 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 Montes Claros?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Montes Claros for sightseeing.

What to pack for Montes Claros in December

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

In December, Montes Claros sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Montes Claros 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 Montes Claros peaks around February 15 at about 15 (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 15Jul 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Montes Claros?

Montes Claros sits at 16.7°S, 43.9°W, 686 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Bocaiúva, 42 km away.

Topography around Montes Claros

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Montes Claros has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m around an average of 652 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 485 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 899 m.

The land around Montes Claros is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (43%), grassland (31%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
88 m
16 km
485 m
80 km
899 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Bocaiúva 42 km · Francisco Sá 49 km · Coração de Jesus 54 km · Brasília de Minas 85 km · São João da Ponte 91 km · Varzelândia 116 km · Janaúba 119 km · Barreiro do Jaíba 128 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 Montes Claros (-16.735°, -43.8617°, elevation 686 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).