Pimenta Bueno weather in December

In December, Pimenta Bueno sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 260 mm of rain across 26.5 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of December to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Pimenta Bueno's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pimenta Bueno's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
10th coldest
Rainfall
260 mm
26.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
5:41 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
84%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Pimenta Bueno 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 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Pimenta Bueno reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Pimenta Bueno

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.

Pimenta Bueno weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°29128.712.62.9
Feb29° / 22°28025.712.42.9
Mar30° / 22°24127.712.12.9
Apr30° / 22°13620.811.73.6
May30° / 21°5811.211.54.9
Jun31° / 20°112.311.35.6
Jul32° / 19°81.811.45.2
Aug33° / 20°203.411.64.2
Sep33° / 22°6411.611.93.3
Oct32° / 23°12418.212.33.0
Nov31° / 23°20323.912.52.9
Dec30° / 22°26026.512.73.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Pimenta Bueno gets around 260 mm of rain over 26.5 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 86% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the oppressive band about 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
100937
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Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of December to 12 h 42 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 5:35 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:356:14
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312.65:366:15
412.65:366:15
512.75:376:16
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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 4.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 4.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Pimenta Bueno

In seasonPeak

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

Pimenta Bueno's monsoon runs November–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 Pimenta Bueno?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pimenta Bueno.

What to pack for Pimenta Bueno in December

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

In December, Pimenta Bueno sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pimenta Bueno 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 Pimenta Bueno peaks around January 22 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 14 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeJan 22UV 15Sep 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep3Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Pimenta Bueno 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 Pimenta Bueno is worst in September — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.7× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1550 µg/m³Jun 238 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar12Good
Apr9Good
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul8Good
Aug29Moderate
Sep54Poor
Oct22Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Pimenta Bueno?

Pimenta Bueno sits at 11.7°S, 61.2°W, 183 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Espigão dOeste, 26 km away.

Topography around Pimenta Bueno

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pimenta Bueno has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 414 m.

The land around Pimenta Bueno is covered by grassland (39%), trees (36%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
112 m
80 km
414 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Espigão dOeste 26 km · Cacoal 38 km · Rolim de Moura 68 km · Alta Floresta d'Oeste 89 km · Presidente Médici 95 km · Ji Paraná 120 km · Ouro Preto do Oeste 152 km · Vilhena 165 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 Pimenta Bueno (-11.6725°, -61.1936°, elevation 183 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).