Pontalina weather in December

In December, Pontalina sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 211 mm of rain across 24.1 wet days and about 13 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-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 10% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Pontalina's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pontalina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
211 mm
24.1 wet days
Daylight
13 hours
6:43 AM – 7:45 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Pontalina is human settlement in Pontalina, 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 Pontalina reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Pontalina

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

December sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Pontalina weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°23322.612.93.6
Feb30° / 21°17720.112.63.6
Mar30° / 21°16420.312.13.9
Apr30° / 20°6610.211.65.0
May29° / 18°162.811.26.5
Jun29° / 16°40.9117.1
Jul29° / 16°20.511.17.1
Aug31° / 18°60.811.45.8
Sep33° / 20°285.211.94.1
Oct32° / 21°9614.412.43.4
Nov30° / 21°17721.112.83.5
Dec30° / 21°21124.1133.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22179
32080
42080
51981
61882
71882
81882
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132179
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Pontalina gets around 211 mm of rain over 24.1 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 77% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
178
278
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579
680
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3176

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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1277120
2267121
3157222
4157123
5147124
6147124
7147025
8146926
9146926
10047026
11047026
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20057421
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22067420
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
57calm
67calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 7:37 PM to 7:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:387:37
213.06:397:37
313.06:397:38
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513.06:397:39
613.06:397:40
713.06:407:40
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1113.06:417:43
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1313.06:427:44
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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 5.57 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.57 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Pontalina

In seasonPeak

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

Pontalina's monsoon runs November–March, 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 Pontalina?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pontalina.

What to pack for Pontalina in December

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

In December, Pontalina sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Pontalina 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 Pontalina peaks around January 23 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 23UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Pontalina 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 Pontalina is worst in September — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1721 µg/m³Jul 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun7Good
Jul7Good
Aug9Good
Sep22Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Pontalina?

Pontalina sits at 17.5°S, 49.4°W, 627 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Morrinhos, 43 km away.

Topography around Pontalina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pontalina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 629 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 425 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Pontalina is covered by cropland (35%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (33%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (49%), grassland (26%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
425 m
80 km
559 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Morrinhos 43 km · Piracanjuba 52 km · Goiatuba 55 km · Hidrolândia 67 km · Indiara 72 km · Guapó 78 km · Bela Vista de Goiás 81 km · Aparecida de Goiânia 81 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 Pontalina (-17.525°, -49.4472°, elevation 627 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).