Santana weather in December

In December, Santana sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 143 mm of rain across 13.7 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of December to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Santana's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Santana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 143 mm; 13.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:30 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical December day in Santana reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
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10	31	22
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28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

How December really feels in Santana

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Santana 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	128	12.3	12.7	4.3
Feb	31° / 22°	94	11.4	12.4	4.2
Mar	31° / 22°	121	13	12.1	4.2
Apr	31° / 22°	51	7	11.7	4.9
May	31° / 21°	12	2.3	11.4	5.5
Jun	30° / 19°	2	0.3	11.3	6.4
Jul	30° / 18°	0	0.1	11.3	6.5
Aug	31° / 19°	0	0.1	11.6	5.6
Sep	34° / 21°	7	1.1	11.9	4.2
Oct	34° / 22°	57	5.7	12.3	3.4
Nov	32° / 22°	171	13.6	12.6	3.8
Dec	31° / 22°	143	13.7	12.8	4.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	30	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	34	34	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	42	42	42
Cloudier (%)	70	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	66	66	65	64	63	63	62	61	61	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	58	58	58

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Santana gets around 143 mm of rain over 13.7 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 44% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	38	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	50
10	50
11	49
12	48
13	47
14	46
15	45
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17	43
18	42
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22	38
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30	40
31	40

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 72% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
Muggy (%)	51	53	53	53	53	53	53	54	54	54	54	54	55	54	54	54	54	55	54	54	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	57	56	56	56
Oppressive (%)	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	24	51	20
2	4	23	53	20
3	4	22	53	21
4	4	21	53	22
5	4	21	53	22
6	5	20	53	22
7	5	20	53	22
8	5	19	54	22
9	5	19	54	22
10	5	19	54	22
11	5	19	54	22
12	5	20	54	21
13	5	20	55	20
14	5	21	54	20
15	5	22	54	19
16	5	23	54	18
17	5	24	54	17
18	5	24	55	16
19	5	25	54	16
20	5	26	54	15
21	4	27	55	14
22	4	27	55	14
23	4	28	54	14
24	4	28	54	14
25	3	28	55	14
26	3	28	55	14
27	3	28	55	14
28	2	27	57	14
29	2	27	56	15
30	2	27	56	15
31	2	27	56	15

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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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 48 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 5:25 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:22 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:25	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:35	5:35	5:36	5:36	5:37
Sunset (PM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:25	6:07
2	12.7	5:25	6:08
3	12.7	5:25	6:08
4	12.7	5:25	6:09
5	12.7	5:26	6:09
6	12.7	5:26	6:10
7	12.7	5:26	6:10
8	12.7	5:27	6:11
9	12.7	5:27	6:12
10	12.7	5:27	6:12
11	12.7	5:28	6:13
12	12.8	5:28	6:13
13	12.8	5:28	6:14
14	12.8	5:29	6:14
15	12.8	5:29	6:15
16	12.8	5:30	6:15
17	12.8	5:30	6:16
18	12.8	5:30	6:16
19	12.8	5:31	6:17
20	12.8	5:31	6:17
21	12.8	5:32	6:18
22	12.8	5:32	6:18
23	12.8	5:33	6:19
24	12.8	5:33	6:19
25	12.8	5:34	6:20
26	12.8	5:34	6:20
27	12.8	5:35	6:20
28	12.8	5:35	6:21
29	12.8	5:36	6:21
30	12.8	5:36	6:22
31	12.8	5:37	6:22

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.0	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.1	Intense
23	6.1	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.2	Intense
26	6.2	Intense
27	6.2	Intense
28	6.2	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Santana

In seasonPeak

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

Santana's rainy season runs November–March, 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 Santana?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

6.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Santana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Santana in December

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

In December, Santana sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Santana 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 Santana peaks around February 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	15	12	10	9	9	10	12	13	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Santana?

Santana sits at 13.0°S, 44.1°W, 539 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Serra Dourada, 27 km away.

Topography around Santana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Santana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 540 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 456 m.

The land around Santana is covered by grassland (40%), shrubs (28%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (39%), shrubs (30%) and trees (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (35%), trees (30%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

124 m

grassland 40%

16 km

377 m

grassland 39%

80 km

456 m

shrubs 35%

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← November Santana year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Serra Dourada 27 km · Santa Maria da Vitória 48 km · São Félix do Coribe 49 km · Bom Jesus da Lapa 75 km · Correntina 75 km · Serra do Ramalho 80 km · Paratinga 99 km · São Desidério 121 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

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 Santana (-12.9833°, -44.0511°, elevation 539 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
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18	31	22
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20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	50
10	50
11	49
12	48
13	47
14	46
15	45
16	44
17	43
18	42
19	41
20	40
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	40
31	40

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	24	51	20
2	4	23	53	20
3	4	22	53	21
4	4	21	53	22
5	4	21	53	22
6	5	20	53	22
7	5	20	53	22
8	5	19	54	22
9	5	19	54	22
10	5	19	54	22
11	5	19	54	22
12	5	20	54	21
13	5	20	55	20
14	5	21	54	20
15	5	22	54	19
16	5	23	54	18
17	5	24	54	17
18	5	24	55	16
19	5	25	54	16
20	5	26	54	15
21	4	27	55	14
22	4	27	55	14
23	4	28	54	14
24	4	28	54	14
25	3	28	55	14
26	3	28	55	14
27	3	28	55	14
28	2	27	57	14
29	2	27	56	15
30	2	27	56	15
31	2	27	56	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	50
10	50
11	49
12	48
13	47
14	46
15	45
16	44
17	43
18	42
19	41
20	40
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	40
31	40

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	24	51	20
2	4	23	53	20
3	4	22	53	21
4	4	21	53	22
5	4	21	53	22
6	5	20	53	22
7	5	20	53	22
8	5	19	54	22
9	5	19	54	22
10	5	19	54	22
11	5	19	54	22
12	5	20	54	21
13	5	20	55	20
14	5	21	54	20
15	5	22	54	19
16	5	23	54	18
17	5	24	54	17
18	5	24	55	16
19	5	25	54	16
20	5	26	54	15
21	4	27	55	14
22	4	27	55	14
23	4	28	54	14
24	4	28	54	14
25	3	28	55	14
26	3	28	55	14
27	3	28	55	14
28	2	27	57	14
29	2	27	56	15
30	2	27	56	15
31	2	27	56	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	31	22
11	31	22
12	31	22
13	31	22
14	31	22
15	31	22
16	31	22
17	31	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22
31	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	36	64
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	41	59
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	42	58
25	42	58
26	42	58
27	42	58
28	43	57
29	42	58
30	42	58
31	42	58

	Rain chance (%)
1	51
2	51
3	51
4	51
5	51
6	51
7	51
8	51
9	50
10	50
11	49
12	48
13	47
14	46
15	45
16	44
17	43
18	42
19	41
20	40
21	39
22	38
23	38
24	38
25	38
26	38
27	38
28	39
29	39
30	40
31	40

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	24	51	20
2	4	23	53	20
3	4	22	53	21
4	4	21	53	22
5	4	21	53	22
6	5	20	53	22
7	5	20	53	22
8	5	19	54	22
9	5	19	54	22
10	5	19	54	22
11	5	19	54	22
12	5	20	54	21
13	5	20	55	20
14	5	21	54	20
15	5	22	54	19
16	5	23	54	18
17	5	24	54	17
18	5	24	55	16
19	5	25	54	16
20	5	26	54	15
21	4	27	55	14
22	4	27	55	14
23	4	28	54	14
24	4	28	54	14
25	3	28	55	14
26	3	28	55	14
27	3	28	55	14
28	2	27	57	14
29	2	27	56	15
30	2	27	56	15
31	2	27	56	15