Ponte Nova weather in December

In December, Ponte Nova sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 228 mm of rain across 19.7 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°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 h 06 min at the start of December to 13 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ponte Nova's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ponte Nova's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
228 mm
19.7 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:11 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Ponte Nova 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 28°C through the month.

A typical December day in Ponte Nova reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 31°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and about 1°C cooler than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ponte Nova weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°19415.713.14.5
Feb30° / 20°9810.712.74.7
Mar29° / 20°11313.812.14.9
Apr28° / 18°48811.56.5
May26° / 16°294.8117.5
Jun25° / 14°10210.88.3
Jul25° / 14°61.110.98.5
Aug26° / 15°122.311.38.1
Sep27° / 17°446.511.97.0
Oct28° / 18°819.812.55.9
Nov28° / 19°18017135.0
Dec28° / 20°22819.713.24.4

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 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21585
31585
41684
51684
61684
71783
81783
91783
101882
111981
122080
132179
142278
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Ponte Nova gets around 228 mm of rain over 19.7 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 63% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1563
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1962
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2161
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2461
2561
2661
2761
2861
2960
3060
3159

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1330598
2329599
32276110
42266111
52246311
62236312
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81216513
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Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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128calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
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308calm
318calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 h 06 min at the start of December to 13 h 12 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 6:07 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 7:16 PM to 7:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:077:16
213.26:077:16
313.26:077:17
413.26:077:18
513.26:087:18
613.26:087:19
713.26:087:20
813.26:087:20
913.26:097:21
1013.26:097:21
1113.26:097:22
1213.26:097:22
1313.26:107:23
1413.26:107:24
1513.26:107:24
1613.26:117:25
1713.26:117:25
1813.26:127:26
1913.26:127:26
2013.26:137:27
2113.26:137:27
2213.26:137:28
2313.26:147:28
2413.26:147:29
2513.26:157:29
2613.26:157:30
2713.26:167:30
2813.26:167:30
2913.26:177:31
3013.26:187:31
3113.26:187:31

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.95 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.44 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Ponte Nova

In seasonPeak

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

Ponte Nova's monsoon runs November–January, 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 Ponte Nova?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Ponte Nova for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ponte Nova in December

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

In December, Ponte Nova sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ponte Nova 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 Ponte Nova peaks around February 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeFeb 10UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May7Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Ponte Nova 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 Ponte Nova is worst in September — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (January, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1916 µg/m³Jan 158 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb8Good
Mar8Good
Apr9Good
May10Good
Jun9Good
Jul8Good
Aug10Good
Sep16Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Ponte Nova?

Ponte Nova sits at 20.4°S, 42.9°W, 438 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Alvinópolis, 37 km away.

Topography around Ponte Nova

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ponte Nova has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 203 m around an average of 477 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 520 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,819 m.

The land around Ponte Nova is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (49%) within 80 km.

3 km
203 m
16 km
520 m
80 km
1,819 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Alvinópolis 37 km · Viçosa 38 km · Piranga 51 km · Mariana 53 km · Ervália 54 km · Raul Soares 59 km · Matipó 61 km · São Domingos do Prata 62 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 Ponte Nova (-20.4164°, -42.9086°, elevation 438 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).