Pedro II weather in December

In December, Pedro II sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 44 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-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 29% of the time in December, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high
35°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
44 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:34 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
59%
7th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Pedro II 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 35°C through the month.

A typical December day in Pedro II 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 32°C and 37°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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43624
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How December really feels in Pedro II

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.

Pedro II weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°17516.412.22.9
Feb32° / 23°19217.912.13.1
Mar31° / 23°28822.7123.0
Apr31° / 23°21820.411.93.3
May32° / 23°9010.111.84.1
Jun32° / 23°143.111.74.7
Jul33° / 22°71.411.84.6
Aug34° / 23°10.211.93.9
Sep35° / 23°10.2123.1
Oct36° / 24°130.712.12.6
Nov36° / 24°162.112.22.5
Dec35° / 24°445.712.32.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 49%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25842
35842
45842
55842
65842
75743
85743
95644
105644
115545
125545
135545
145446
155347
165248
175248
185050
194951
204852
214852
224753
234753
244654
254654
264456
274456
284357
294357
304258
313961

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Pedro II gets around 44 mm of rain over 5.7 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 19% and peaks near 35% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
110
210
311
411
511
612
712
813
914
1014
1115
1216
1316
1417
1517
1618
1718
1819
1920
2020
2121
2222
2323
2424
2525
2627
2728
2830
2931
3033
3135

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the humid band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 45% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11060264
21060264
31060264
41060264
5961264
6960265
7959275
8860275
9858286
10858286
11757297
12756307
13656317
14654328
15653338
16651349
17649359
186483610
196463711
205453811
215433912
225424013
235404114
245384215
254374316
264354417
274334518
283324619
293304621
303284722
312274723

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 6 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:28 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:57 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:285:43
212.25:295:43
312.25:295:44
412.25:295:44
512.25:305:44
612.25:305:45
712.25:315:45
812.25:315:46
912.25:315:46
1012.35:325:47
1112.35:325:47
1212.35:335:48
1312.35:335:48
1412.35:335:49
1512.35:345:49
1612.35:345:50
1712.35:355:50
1812.35:355:51
1912.35:365:51
2012.35:365:52
2112.35:375:52
2212.35:375:52
2312.35:385:53
2412.35:385:53
2512.35:395:54
2612.35:395:54
2712.35:395:55
2812.35:405:55
2912.35:405:56
3012.35:415:56
3112.35:415:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 7.06 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 6.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.5Intense
46.5Intense
56.4Intense
66.4Intense
76.4Intense
86.4Intense
96.3Intense
106.3Intense
116.3Intense
126.3Intense
136.2Intense
146.2Intense
156.2Intense
166.1Intense
176.1Intense
186.1Intense
196.1Intense
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Bright
246.0Bright
255.9Bright
265.9Bright
275.9Bright
285.9Bright
295.9Bright
305.8Bright
315.8Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Pedro II

In seasonPeak

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

Pedro II's monsoon runs January–April, 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 Pedro II?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pedro II.

What to pack for Pedro II in December

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

In December, Pedro II sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Pedro II in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Pedro II peaks around March 16 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 16UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Pedro II?

Pedro II sits at 4.4°S, 41.5°W, 608 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piripiri, 39 km away.

Topography around Pedro II

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pedro II has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 212 m around an average of 613 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 711 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 959 m.

The land around Pedro II is covered by trees (55%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, trees (62%) and shrubs (34%) within 16 km, and shrubs (58%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
212 m
16 km
711 m
80 km
959 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Piripiri 39 km · Croatá 61 km · Piracuruca 62 km · Carnaubal 64 km · São Benedito 78 km · Batalha 82 km · Ipueiras 83 km · Ipu 84 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 Pedro II (-4.4247°, -41.4586°, elevation 608 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).