Pombos weather in December

In December, Pombos sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 39 mm of rain across 13.6 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-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 23% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Pombos's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pombos's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 39 mm; 13.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 5:04 AM – 5:32 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 4th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.2; out of 10

Pombos 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 29°C through the month.

A typical December day in Pombos 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 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	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
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
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27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

Pombos weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	61	17.9	12.4	4.6
Feb	29° / 22°	61	17	12.3	4.4
Mar	29° / 22°	78	19.5	12.1	4.3
Apr	28° / 22°	84	19.6	11.8	4.5
May	27° / 21°	101	21.3	11.6	4.8
Jun	26° / 20°	109	21.7	11.5	4.9
Jul	25° / 19°	95	22.1	11.6	5.0
Aug	25° / 19°	64	19.1	11.7	5.4
Sep	26° / 19°	51	16.3	12	5.7
Oct	27° / 20°	38	14.8	12.2	5.8
Nov	28° / 21°	32	11.8	12.4	5.6
Dec	29° / 21°	39	13.6	12.5	5.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 34% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%.

	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 (%)	57	58	59	59	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	55	54	54	55	55	54	54	54	54
Cloudier (%)	43	42	41	41	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	41	41	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	45	45	46	46	46	46

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Pombos gets around 39 mm of rain over 13.6 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 44% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	36	35	35	35	36	36	37	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	41
13	42
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	49
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29	51
30	51
31	52

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 100% 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
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	87	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76	75	74	73	73	72	71	70	70	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	68
Oppressive (%)	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	27	28	29	30	30	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	87	13
2	0	86	14
3	0	86	14
4	0	86	14
5	0	85	15
6	0	84	16
7	0	84	16
8	0	83	17
9	0	82	18
10	0	81	19
11	0	80	20
12	0	79	21
13	0	78	22
14	0	77	23
15	0	76	24
16	0	75	25
17	0	74	26
18	0	73	27
19	0	73	27
20	0	72	28
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	70	30
24	0	69	31
25	0	69	31
26	0	69	31
27	0	69	31
28	0	69	31
29	1	68	31
30	1	68	31
31	1	68	31

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 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 4:58 AM to 5:11 AM, and sunset from 5:25 PM to 5:39 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	4:58	4:58	4:59	4:59	4:59	5:00	5:00	5:00	5:01	5:01	5:02	5:02	5:02	5:03	5:03	5:04	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11
Sunset (PM)	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37	5:37	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:39

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	4:58	5:25
2	12.4	4:58	5:25
3	12.4	4:59	5:25
4	12.4	4:59	5:26
5	12.5	4:59	5:26
6	12.5	5:00	5:27
7	12.5	5:00	5:27
8	12.5	5:00	5:28
9	12.5	5:01	5:28
10	12.5	5:01	5:29
11	12.5	5:02	5:29
12	12.5	5:02	5:30
13	12.5	5:02	5:30
14	12.5	5:03	5:31
15	12.5	5:03	5:31
16	12.5	5:04	5:32
17	12.5	5:04	5:32
18	12.5	5:04	5:33
19	12.5	5:05	5:33
20	12.5	5:05	5:34
21	12.5	5:06	5:34
22	12.5	5:06	5:35
23	12.5	5:07	5:35
24	12.5	5:07	5:36
25	12.5	5:08	5:36
26	12.5	5:08	5:37
27	12.5	5:09	5:37
28	12.5	5:09	5:38
29	12.5	5:10	5:38
30	12.5	5:10	5:38
31	12.5	5:11	5:39

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.83 kWh/m² in November across the year — December's 5.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.9	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
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19	5.7	Bright
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24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Pombos?

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

5.2

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Pombos for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Pombos in December

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

In December, Pombos sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

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Sea temperature near Pombos in December

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 57 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	27	27	28
Comfort	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Warm
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	28	Tropical
Jun	27	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	27	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	28	Warm

UV index in Pombos 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 Pombos peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 10 (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)	14	14	15	13	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Pombos?

Pombos sits at 8.1°S, 35.4°W, 206 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Vitória de Santo Antão, 12 km away.

Topography around Pombos

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pombos has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 223 m around an average of 241 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 516 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,036 m.

The land around Pombos is covered by grassland (75%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) within 80 km.

3 km

223 m

grassland 75%

16 km

516 m

grassland 74%

80 km

1,036 m

grassland 54%

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← November Pombos year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Vitória de Santo Antão 12 km · Chã Grande 13 km · Glória do Goitá 19 km · Gravatá 20 km · Feira Nova 21 km · Lagoa do Itaenga 26 km · Passira 26 km · Amaraji 28 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
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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 Pombos (-8.1414°, -35.3958°, elevation 206 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	41
13	42
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	87	13
2	0	86	14
3	0	86	14
4	0	86	14
5	0	85	15
6	0	84	16
7	0	84	16
8	0	83	17
9	0	82	18
10	0	81	19
11	0	80	20
12	0	79	21
13	0	78	22
14	0	77	23
15	0	76	24
16	0	75	25
17	0	74	26
18	0	73	27
19	0	73	27
20	0	72	28
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	70	30
24	0	69	31
25	0	69	31
26	0	69	31
27	0	69	31
28	0	69	31
29	1	68	31
30	1	68	31
31	1	68	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	41
13	42
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	87	13
2	0	86	14
3	0	86	14
4	0	86	14
5	0	85	15
6	0	84	16
7	0	84	16
8	0	83	17
9	0	82	18
10	0	81	19
11	0	80	20
12	0	79	21
13	0	78	22
14	0	77	23
15	0	76	24
16	0	75	25
17	0	74	26
18	0	73	27
19	0	73	27
20	0	72	28
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	70	30
24	0	69	31
25	0	69	31
26	0	69	31
27	0	69	31
28	0	69	31
29	1	68	31
30	1	68	31
31	1	68	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	58	42
3	59	41
4	59	41
5	60	40
6	60	40
7	60	40
8	60	40
9	59	41
10	59	41
11	59	41
12	59	41
13	59	41
14	58	42
15	58	42
16	57	43
17	57	43
18	57	43
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	55	45
22	55	45
23	55	45
24	54	46
25	54	46
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	54	46
31	54	46

	Rain chance (%)
1	36
2	35
3	35
4	35
5	36
6	36
7	37
8	37
9	38
10	39
11	40
12	41
13	42
14	43
15	44
16	45
17	46
18	47
19	48
20	48
21	49
22	49
23	50
24	50
25	50
26	50
27	50
28	50
29	51
30	51
31	52

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	87	13
2	0	86	14
3	0	86	14
4	0	86	14
5	0	85	15
6	0	84	16
7	0	84	16
8	0	83	17
9	0	82	18
10	0	81	19
11	0	80	20
12	0	79	21
13	0	78	22
14	0	77	23
15	0	76	24
16	0	75	25
17	0	74	26
18	0	73	27
19	0	73	27
20	0	72	28
21	0	71	29
22	0	70	30
23	0	70	30
24	0	69	31
25	0	69	31
26	0	69	31
27	0	69	31
28	0	69	31
29	1	68	31
30	1	68	31
31	1	68	31