Patos de Minas weather in December

In December, Patos de Minas sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 253 mm of rain across 23.6 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Patos de Minas's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Patos de Minas's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 253 mm; 23.6 wet days
Daylight: 13 h 06 min; 6:29 AM – 7:36 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Patos de Minas is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical December day in Patos de Minas reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
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17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

Patos de Minas weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	230	21	13	4.6
Feb	28° / 19°	161	17	12.6	4.9
Mar	28° / 19°	172	20.4	12.1	4.8
Apr	27° / 18°	65	10.3	11.6	6.4
May	26° / 15°	23	4.4	11.1	7.7
Jun	25° / 14°	9	1.3	10.9	8.5
Jul	26° / 14°	4	0.6	11	8.7
Aug	27° / 15°	7	1.5	11.4	8.2
Sep	29° / 17°	35	5.7	11.9	6.2
Oct	29° / 19°	91	12.1	12.4	5.1
Nov	28° / 19°	205	21.3	12.9	4.5
Dec	27° / 19°	253	23.6	13.1	4.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%. Skies tend to open up 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 (%)	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21
Cloudier (%)	83	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	82	82	81	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Patos de Minas gets around 253 mm of rain over 23.6 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 76% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	71	71	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	74
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	71
30	71
31	71

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 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 76% 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
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	23	21	20	19	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	24	24
Muggy (%)	73	75	76	78	79	80	80	81	81	81	80	79	79	78	77	76	75	74	74	73	72	73	73	73	73	73	72	73	73	74	74

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	23	73
2	4	21	75
3	4	20	76
4	3	19	78
5	3	18	79
6	3	17	80
7	3	17	80
8	2	17	81
9	2	17	81
10	2	17	81
11	2	18	80
12	2	19	79
13	2	19	79
14	2	20	78
15	2	21	77
16	2	22	76
17	2	23	75
18	2	24	74
19	2	24	74
20	2	25	73
21	2	26	72
22	1	26	73
23	1	26	73
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	26	73
27	2	26	72
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	24	74
31	2	24	74

Wind in December

Winds average 7 km/h in December.

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.

	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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 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 6:25 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:27 PM to 7:42 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)	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36
Sunset (PM)	7:27	7:28	7:28	7:29	7:29	7:30	7:30	7:31	7:32	7:32	7:33	7:33	7:34	7:34	7:35	7:36	7:36	7:37	7:37	7:38	7:38	7:39	7:39	7:39	7:40	7:40	7:41	7:41	7:42	7:42	7:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	13.0	6:25	7:27
2	13.0	6:25	7:28
3	13.1	6:25	7:28
4	13.1	6:25	7:29
5	13.1	6:25	7:29
6	13.1	6:26	7:30
7	13.1	6:26	7:30
8	13.1	6:26	7:31
9	13.1	6:27	7:32
10	13.1	6:27	7:32
11	13.1	6:27	7:33
12	13.1	6:27	7:33
13	13.1	6:28	7:34
14	13.1	6:28	7:34
15	13.1	6:29	7:35
16	13.1	6:29	7:36
17	13.1	6:29	7:36
18	13.1	6:30	7:37
19	13.1	6:30	7:37
20	13.1	6:31	7:38
21	13.1	6:31	7:38
22	13.1	6:32	7:39
23	13.1	6:32	7:39
24	13.1	6:32	7:39
25	13.1	6:33	7:40
26	13.1	6:33	7:40
27	13.1	6:34	7:41
28	13.1	6:35	7:41
29	13.1	6:35	7:42
30	13.1	6:36	7:42
31	13.1	6:36	7:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.43 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
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10	5.3	Bright
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15	5.4	Bright
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17	5.4	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
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24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Patos de Minas

In seasonPeak

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

Patos de Minas's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is December a good time to visit Patos de Minas?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Patos de Minas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Patos de Minas in December

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

In December, Patos de Minas sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

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UV index in Patos de Minas 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 Patos de Minas peaks around February 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (very high).

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)	15	16	14	11	9	7	8	9	12	12	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Patos de Minas?

Patos de Minas sits at 18.6°S, 46.5°W, 842 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Presidente Olegário, 21 km away.

Topography around Patos de Minas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Patos de Minas has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 235 m around an average of 847 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 735 m.

The land around Patos de Minas is covered by artificial surfaces (56%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (32%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), trees (25%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

235 m

artificial surfaces 56%

16 km

340 m

grassland 35%

80 km

735 m

grassland 43%

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← November Patos de Minas year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Presidente Olegário 21 km · Lagoa Formosa 25 km · Carmo do Paranaíba 52 km · Patrocínio 64 km · Coromandel 73 km · Vazante 78 km · São Gotardo 95 km · João Pinheiro 100 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 Patos de Minas (-18.5789°, -46.5181°, elevation 842 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	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	19
10	27	19
11	27	19
12	27	19
13	27	19
14	27	19
15	27	19
16	27	19
17	27	19
18	27	19
19	27	19
20	27	19
21	27	19
22	27	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19
31	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	74
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	71
30	71
31	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	23	73
2	4	21	75
3	4	20	76
4	3	19	78
5	3	18	79
6	3	17	80
7	3	17	80
8	2	17	81
9	2	17	81
10	2	17	81
11	2	18	80
12	2	19	79
13	2	19	79
14	2	20	78
15	2	21	77
16	2	22	76
17	2	23	75
18	2	24	74
19	2	24	74
20	2	25	73
21	2	26	72
22	1	26	73
23	1	26	73
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	26	73
27	2	26	72
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	24	74
31	2	24	74

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	74
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	71
30	71
31	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	23	73
2	4	21	75
3	4	20	76
4	3	19	78
5	3	18	79
6	3	17	80
7	3	17	80
8	2	17	81
9	2	17	81
10	2	17	81
11	2	18	80
12	2	19	79
13	2	19	79
14	2	20	78
15	2	21	77
16	2	22	76
17	2	23	75
18	2	24	74
19	2	24	74
20	2	25	73
21	2	26	72
22	1	26	73
23	1	26	73
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	26	73
27	2	26	72
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	24	74
31	2	24	74

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	15	85
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	19	81
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	79
11	79
12	78
13	77
14	77
15	76
16	76
17	75
18	75
19	74
20	74
21	74
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	72
26	72
27	72
28	72
29	71
30	71
31	71

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	23	73
2	4	21	75
3	4	20	76
4	3	19	78
5	3	18	79
6	3	17	80
7	3	17	80
8	2	17	81
9	2	17	81
10	2	17	81
11	2	18	80
12	2	19	79
13	2	19	79
14	2	20	78
15	2	21	77
16	2	22	76
17	2	23	75
18	2	24	74
19	2	24	74
20	2	25	73
21	2	26	72
22	1	26	73
23	1	26	73
24	1	26	73
25	1	26	73
26	1	26	73
27	2	26	72
28	2	25	73
29	2	25	73
30	2	24	74
31	2	24	74