Porto Velho weather in December

In December, Porto Velho sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 298 mm of rain across 28.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-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 1% of the time in December, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Porto Velho's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Porto Velho's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
298 mm
28.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:57 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover
87%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

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 Porto Velho reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Porto Velho

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.

Porto Velho weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°30328.612.52.8
Feb30° / 24°31426.712.32.7
Mar30° / 24°32829.512.12.7
Apr30° / 24°22826.411.82.9
May30° / 23°13321.511.63.6
Jun31° / 23°449.511.54.9
Jul31° / 22°224.711.55.1
Aug33° / 23°427.611.73.9
Sep33° / 24°10316.711.93.1
Oct32° / 24°17823.312.22.7
Nov31° / 24°24626.312.42.7
Dec30° / 24°29828.712.52.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
2793
3793
4793
5793
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7793
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Porto Velho gets around 298 mm of rain over 28.7 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 92% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
192
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the miserable band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12575
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112971
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143070
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Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

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

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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.21 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 4.62 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Porto Velho

In seasonPeak

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

Porto Velho's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Porto Velho?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Porto Velho.

What to pack for Porto Velho in December

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

In December, Porto Velho sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 29 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Porto Velho 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 Porto Velho peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 11 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 20UV 15Sep 11UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Porto Velho 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 Porto Velho is worst in August — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.5× the cleanest month (May, 11 µg/m³).

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

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PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May11Good
Jun12Good
Jul34Moderate
Aug101Unhealthy
Sep100Unhealthy
Oct36Poor
Nov20Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Porto Velho?

Porto Velho sits at 8.8°S, 63.9°W, 90 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Candeias do Jamari, 23 km away.

Topography around Porto Velho

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Porto Velho has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 76 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m.

The land around Porto Velho is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
342 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Candeias do Jamari 23 km · Alto Paraíso 125 km · Ariquemes 159 km · Buritis 161 km · Humaitá 169 km · Lábrea 193 km · Machadinho d'Oeste 224 km · Nova Mamoré 240 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 Porto Velho (-8.7619°, -63.9039°, elevation 90 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).