Sete Lagoas weather in December

In December, Sete Lagoas sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 278 mm of rain across 20.4 wet days and about 13.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 12% 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 Sete Lagoas's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sete Lagoas's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
278 mm
20.4 wet days
Daylight
13 h 12 min
6:18 AM – 7:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Sete Lagoas 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 Sete Lagoas reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°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 on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Sete Lagoas weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 20°23117.2134.6
Feb29° / 20°1291212.74.9
Mar29° / 19°15515.312.14.9
Apr28° / 18°62911.66.4
May26° / 15°314.911.17.6
Jun26° / 14°81.510.88.4
Jul26° / 14°40.610.98.6
Aug27° / 15°91.611.38.1
Sep29° / 17°445.811.96.3
Oct29° / 19°9110.312.45.2
Nov28° / 19°20717.712.94.8
Dec28° / 20°27820.413.24.5

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
21981
31981
41882
51882
61981
71981
81981
91981
102080
112080
122179
132278
142476
152476
162575
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202872
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243070
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Sete Lagoas gets around 278 mm of rain over 20.4 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 65% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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568
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969
1069
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1268
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1467
1566
1666
1765
1864
1964
2063
2163
2262
2362
2462
2562
2662
2763
2863
2963
3063
3162

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 75% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1430651
2429661
3327682
4326692
5324712
6223732
7223732
8222742
9222742
10221752
11221752
12221752
13121762
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26124732
27224722
28224722
29223732
30223732
31323722

Wind in December

Winds average 8 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 7 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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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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158calm
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218calm
228calm
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267calm
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287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

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 6:14 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 7:19 PM to 7:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.16:147:19
213.16:147:20
313.16:147:21
413.16:157:21
513.16:157:22
613.16:157:22
713.16:157:23
813.16:157:24
913.16:167:24
1013.16:167:25
1113.26:167:25
1213.26:177:26
1313.26:177:27
1413.26:177:27
1513.26:187:28
1613.26:187:28
1713.26:187:29
1813.26:197:29
1913.26:197:30
2013.26:207:30
2113.26:207:31
2213.26:217:31
2313.26:217:32
2413.26:227:32
2513.26:227:33
2613.26:237:33
2713.26:237:33
2813.26:247:34
2913.26:247:34
3013.26:257:35
3113.26:257:35

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.69 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Sete Lagoas

In seasonPeak

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

Sete Lagoas's monsoon runs November–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 Sete Lagoas?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Sete Lagoas for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sete Lagoas in December

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

In December, Sete Lagoas 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 Sete Lagoas 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 Sete Lagoas peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 20UV 15Jun 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Sete Lagoas 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 Sete Lagoas is worst in September — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (January, 11 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1621 µg/m³Jan 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Sete Lagoas?

Sete Lagoas sits at 19.5°S, 44.2°W, 764 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Matozinhos, 20 km away.

Topography around Sete Lagoas

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sete Lagoas has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m around an average of 789 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,156 m.

The land around Sete Lagoas is covered by artificial surfaces (58%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and grassland (40%) within 80 km.

3 km
298 m
16 km
410 m
80 km
1,156 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Matozinhos 20 km · Paraopeba 27 km · Pedro Leopoldo 27 km · Esmeraldas 34 km · Ribeirão das Neves 37 km · São José da Lapa 40 km · Lagoa Santa 41 km · Vespasiano 42 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 Sete Lagoas (-19.4658°, -44.2467°, elevation 764 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).