Querência weather in December

In December, Querência sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 272 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 5% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of December to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Querência's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Querência's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
272 mm
26.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:03 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
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 Querência reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°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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How December really feels in Querência

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.

Querência weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°28326.412.73.1
Feb30° / 22°24123.912.43.1
Mar30° / 22°24825.412.13.1
Apr31° / 22°13818.311.73.6
May32° / 21°264.711.44.7
Jun32° / 20°20.611.35.0
Jul33° / 19°00.111.34.9
Aug34° / 21°40.711.63.7
Sep35° / 22°315.211.92.8
Oct33° / 22°13917.612.32.9
Nov31° / 22°22123.612.63.0
Dec30° / 22°27226.312.73.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 88%.

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

Any precipitation

Querência gets around 272 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
113951
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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

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:39 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:586:39
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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 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.76 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 5.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Querência

In seasonPeak

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

Querência's monsoon runs October–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 Querência?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Querência.

What to pack for Querência in December

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

In December, Querência sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Querência 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 Querência peaks around February 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 15Jun 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Querência 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 Querência is worst in September — around 48 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.6× the cleanest month (July, 6 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateSep 1745 µg/m³Jul 127 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun9Good
Jul6Good
Aug18Moderate
Sep48Poor
Oct25Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Querência?

Querência sits at 12.6°S, 52.2°W, 343 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Canarana, 106 km away.

ParanatingaFormoso do Araguaia

Topography around Querência

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Querência has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 346 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m.

The land around Querência is covered by cropland (37%), grassland (25%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (68%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
90 m
80 km
202 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Canarana 106 km · Água Boa 162 km · Campinápolis 226 km · Confresa 228 km · Nova Xavantina 231 km · São Miguel do Araguaia 233 km · Paranatinga 286 km · Formoso do Araguaia 304 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 Querência (-12.5969°, -52.1997°, elevation 343 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).