Resplendor weather in December

In December, Resplendor sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 204 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 13.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-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 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 Resplendor's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Resplendor's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
9th coldest
Rainfall
204 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:06 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Resplendor 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 30°C through the month.

A typical December day in Resplendor 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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than November and about 1°C cooler than January.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 26 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
26
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.

Resplendor 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
Jan31° / 22°14213.2134.0
Feb32° / 22°9110.512.73.9
Mar31° / 21°11213.512.14.1
Apr30° / 20°589.511.65.2
May28° / 18°245.311.16.8
Jun27° / 17°122.710.97.6
Jul27° / 16°112.8117.7
Aug27° / 17°103.511.37.4
Sep29° / 18°244.811.96.1
Oct30° / 20°79912.45.1
Nov29° / 21°16515.212.94.4
Dec30° / 21°20417.213.13.9

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 (%)
11486
21486
31486
41585
51585
61684
71585
81585
91684
101882
111882
121981
132080
142179
152377
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212773
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232872
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313070

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Resplendor gets around 204 mm of rain over 17.2 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 54% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
159
259
359
460
560
660
760
859
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1059
1158
1257
1357
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1654
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1852
1952
2051
2151
2250
2350
2450
2549
2649
2748
2848
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3047
3147

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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
186230
276132
375934
465836
565737
655639
755540
845541
945442
1045343
1145244
1235344
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Wind in December

Winds average 6 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
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246calm
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276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

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 6:02 AM to 6:14 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:23 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:027:07
213.16:027:08
313.16:037:08
413.16:037:09
513.16:037:10
613.16:037:10
713.16:037:11
813.16:047:11
913.16:047:12
1013.16:047:13
1113.16:057:13
1213.16:057:14
1313.26:057:14
1413.26:067:15
1513.26:067:15
1613.26:067:16
1713.26:077:16
1813.26:077:17
1913.26:087:18
2013.26:087:18
2113.26:097:18
2213.26:097:19
2313.26:097:19
2413.26:107:20
2513.26:107:20
2613.26:117:21
2713.26:127:21
2813.26:127:22
2913.26:137:22
3013.26:137:22
3113.26:147:23

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.41 kWh/m² to a high of 6.03 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.41 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Resplendor

In seasonPeak

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

Resplendor's monsoon runs March–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 Resplendor?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Resplendor.

What to pack for Resplendor in December

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

In December, Resplendor sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Resplendor in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Resplendor peaks around February 14 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 highVery highExtremeFeb 14UV 15Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Resplendor?

Resplendor sits at 19.3°S, 41.3°W, 99 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Aimorés, 28 km away.

Topography around Resplendor

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Resplendor has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m around an average of 206 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,052 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,493 m.

The land around Resplendor is covered by trees (51%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and grassland (47%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
330 m
16 km
1,052 m
80 km
1,493 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Aimorés 28 km · Conselheiro Pena 28 km · Baixo Guandu 33 km · Pancas 44 km · Mutum 56 km · Mantena 67 km · Colatina 70 km · Ipanema 71 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 Resplendor (-19.3256°, -41.2553°, elevation 99 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).