Niquelândia weather in December

In December, Niquelândia sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 270 mm of rain across 23 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 9% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of December to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Niquelândia's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Niquelândia's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
11th warmest
Overnight low
21°
10th coldest
Rainfall
270 mm
23 wet days
Daylight
12 h 54 min
6:44 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Niquelândia 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 29°C through the month.

A typical December day in Niquelândia reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Niquelândia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Niquelândia weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°26623.412.83.6
Feb30° / 21°20020.712.53.6
Mar30° / 21°20122.212.13.7
Apr31° / 20°8212.411.74.5
May31° / 19°142.611.35.6
Jun30° / 17°20.411.26.3
Jul31° / 17°0011.26.3
Aug32° / 18°20.711.55.1
Sep34° / 21°214.111.93.7
Oct33° / 22°10913.312.33.3
Nov30° / 21°2202212.73.4
Dec29° / 21°2702312.83.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31783
41783
51783
61783
71783
81882
91783
101783
111783
121882
131981
142179
152179
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Niquelândia gets around 270 mm of rain over 23 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 74% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
177
278
378
478
579
679
779
879
979
1078
1178
1277
1377
1476
1575
1674
1773
1872
1972
2071
2171
2270
2370
2470
2570
2670
2770
2871
2971
3072
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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 94% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
166826
256827
356728
456629
556530
646531
746531
856332
956332
1056233
1156332
1266232
1366331
1466430
1566529
1676528
1776627
1876825
1976924
2086923
2187022
2287022
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2487121
2577221
2677221
2777221
2877122
2967123
3067123
3167024

Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of December to 12 h 48 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 6:40 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 7:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:407:27
212.86:407:28
312.86:407:29
412.86:407:29
512.86:417:30
612.86:417:30
712.86:417:31
812.86:427:31
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1112.86:437:33
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1312.86:437:34
1412.86:447:35
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1912.96:467:37
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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 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.84 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
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295.5Bright
305.5Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Niquelândia

In seasonPeak

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

Niquelândia'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 Niquelândia?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Niquelândia.

What to pack for Niquelândia in December

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

In December, Niquelândia sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Niquelândia 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 Niquelândia peaks around February 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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 16UV 15Jun 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Niquelândia 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 Niquelândia is worst in September — around 30 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.7× the cleanest month (July, 5 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 2029 µg/m³Jul 105 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar8Good
Apr7Good
May5Good
Jun5Good
Jul5Good
Aug10Good
Sep30Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Niquelândia?

Niquelândia sits at 14.5°S, 48.5°W, 580 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Uruaçu, 74 km away.

Topography around Niquelândia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Niquelândia has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 425 m around an average of 657 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 675 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,035 m.

The land around Niquelândia is covered by trees (40%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, trees (42%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
425 m
16 km
675 m
80 km
1,035 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Uruaçu 74 km · Padre Bernardo 79 km · Minaçu 108 km · Goianésia 117 km · Itapaci 129 km · Porangatu 137 km · Brazlândia 137 km · Planaltina 142 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 Niquelândia (-14.4739°, -48.4597°, elevation 580 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).