Tapurah weather in December

In December, Tapurah sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 285 mm of rain across 27.4 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 4% 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 Tapurah's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tapurah's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
285 mm
27.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 42 min
6:20 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
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 Tapurah 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 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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

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.

Tapurah 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°3102812.72.9
Feb30° / 22°27825.912.42.8
Mar30° / 22°23826.712.12.9
Apr31° / 21°12618.911.73.6
May31° / 21°346.311.44.9
Jun31° / 20°50.911.35.5
Jul32° / 19°10.411.35.5
Aug33° / 20°101.511.64.3
Sep33° / 22°56911.93.4
Oct32° / 22°14619.712.33.0
Nov31° / 22°2242512.62.9
Dec30° / 22°28527.412.72.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
41090
51090
61090
71189
81189
91189
101189
111387
121387
131387
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tapurah gets around 285 mm of rain over 27.4 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 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
288
388
488
588
688
788
889
989
1089
1189
1289
1389
1489
1589
1689
1789
1888
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2689
2789
2889
2989
3090
3190

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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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11972
21972
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81972
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101972
112962
122962
132971
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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 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 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 6:15 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:156:57
212.76:156:57
312.76:156:58
412.76:166:58
512.76:166:59
612.76:166:59
712.76:177:00
812.76:177:00
912.76:177:01
1012.76:187:01
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1312.76:197:03
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2012.76:227:07
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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 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — December's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.0Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Tapurah

In seasonPeak

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

Tapurah's monsoon runs October–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 Tapurah?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tapurah.

What to pack for Tapurah in December

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

In December, Tapurah sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tapurah 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 Tapurah peaks around January 24 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near September 15 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 24UV 15Sep 15UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug10Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Tapurah 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 Tapurah is worst in September — around 38 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.6× the cleanest month (July, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1736 µg/m³Jul 107 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar12Moderate
Apr11Good
May10Good
Jun8Good
Jul7Good
Aug17Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct22Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tapurah?

Tapurah sits at 12.7°S, 56.5°W, 506 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Lucas do Rio Verde, 75 km away.

Topography around Tapurah

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tapurah has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 63 m around an average of 371 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 193 m.

The land around Tapurah is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (46%) within 80 km.

3 km
63 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
193 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Lucas do Rio Verde 75 km · Sorriso 90 km · Nova Mutum 130 km · Sinop 147 km · Brasnorte 176 km · Campo Novo do Parecis 182 km · Diamantino 186 km · Juara 198 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 Tapurah (-12.7371°, -56.5136°, elevation 506 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).