Nova Russas weather in December

In December, Nova Russas sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 23 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% 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 Nova Russas's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nova Russas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
23 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:30 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
56%
7th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Nova Russas 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 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Nova Russas reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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43524
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How December really feels in Nova Russas

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Nova Russas weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°1051412.22.9
Feb32° / 23°11615.712.23.1
Mar32° / 23°16920.2123.1
Apr31° / 23°15919.611.93.4
May31° / 22°7411.211.84.2
Jun32° / 22°254.711.74.8
Jul32° / 21°132.211.84.8
Aug33° / 21°40.711.84.4
Sep34° / 22°10.3123.7
Oct35° / 23°90.512.13.2
Nov35° / 23°61.112.23.0
Dec35° / 24°233.512.33.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16040
26040
36040
46040
56040
66040
76040
86040
95842
105842
115842
125842
135743
145743
155743
165743
175644
185644
195545
205545
215545
225446
235446
245347
255347
265248
275149
285050
294951
304951
314753

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Nova Russas gets around 23 mm of rain over 3.5 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 12% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
13
23
34
44
54
65
75
86
97
107
118
129
1310
1410
1511
1612
1712
1813
1914
2014
2115
2216
2316
2417
2518
2619
2720
2821
2923
3024
3126

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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 61% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1152452
2152452
3152452
4150463
5150473
6149473
7148483
8147494
9145504
10144514
11143524
12141535
13140545
14138565
15137566
16136576
17135586
18134587
19133597
20132607
21131608
22131608
23130609
241305910
251296010
261286011
271285912
281275913
291265914
301255915
311245916

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
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913light breeze
1013light breeze
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1213light breeze
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3112calm

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 5:24 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:40 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:245:40
212.35:255:40
312.35:255:40
412.35:255:41
512.35:265:41
612.35:265:42
712.35:275:42
812.35:275:43
912.35:275:43
1012.35:285:44
1112.35:285:44
1212.35:295:45
1312.35:295:45
1412.35:295:46
1512.35:305:46
1612.35:305:47
1712.35:315:47
1812.35:315:48
1912.35:325:48
2012.35:325:48
2112.35:335:49
2212.35:335:49
2312.35:345:50
2412.35:345:50
2512.35:345:51
2612.35:355:51
2712.35:355:52
2812.35:365:52
2912.35:365:53
3012.35:375:53
3112.35:375:53

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 6.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.5Intense
66.5Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.4Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.3Intense
136.3Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.2Intense
176.2Intense
186.2Intense
196.1Intense
206.1Intense
216.1Intense
226.1Intense
236.1Intense
246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
305.9Bright
315.9Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Nova Russas

In seasonPeak

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

Nova Russas's rainy season runs January–April, 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 Nova Russas?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nova Russas in December

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

In December, Nova Russas sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Nova Russas 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 Nova Russas peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Nova Russas?

Nova Russas sits at 4.7°S, 40.6°W, 239 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Ipueiras, 25 km away.

Topography around Nova Russas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nova Russas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 251 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,032 m.

The land around Nova Russas is covered by grassland (47%) and shrubs (38%) within 3 km, shrubs (71%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
434 m
80 km
1,032 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Ipueiras 25 km · Tamboril 30 km · Hidrolândia 38 km · Ipu 46 km · Croatá 50 km · Crateús 54 km · Monsenhor Tabosa 56 km · Varjota 58 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 Nova Russas (-4.7067°, -40.5631°, elevation 239 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).