Tarauacá weather in December

In December, Tarauacá sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 249 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 1% of the time in December, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tarauacá's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarauacá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
12th coldest
Rainfall
249 mm
27.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:25 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
86%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Tarauacá 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 Tarauacá reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Tarauacá

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.

Tarauacá weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 6th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°24827.912.42.9
Feb30° / 23°24124.912.32.9
Mar30° / 23°2892812.12.9
Apr30° / 22°20224.311.83.2
May29° / 22°1192011.64.0
Jun29° / 21°6613.911.54.7
Jul30° / 20°449.811.65.0
Aug32° / 21°6210.711.74.1
Sep32° / 22°11617.8123.2
Oct32° / 23°16922.712.22.9
Nov31° / 23°22024.312.42.9
Dec30° / 23°24927.412.52.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1793
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Tarauacá gets around 249 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 88% and peaks near 90% 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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
108416
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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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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 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 5:20 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:205:46
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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 4.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.18 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in September across the year — December's 4.77 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Tarauacá

In seasonPeak

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

Tarauacá's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Tarauacá?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tarauacá.

What to pack for Tarauacá in December

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

In December, Tarauacá sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tarauacá 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 Tarauacá peaks around February 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 24 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 13UV 16Aug 24UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep9Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Tarauacá 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 Tarauacá is worst in September — around 80 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 11.8× the cleanest month (June, 7 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodUnhealthyModerateGoodSep 1276 µg/m³Jun 117 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr10Good
May8Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug57Unhealthy
Sep80Unhealthy
Oct15Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tarauacá?

Tarauacá sits at 8.2°S, 70.8°W, 173 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Feijó, 45 km away.

Sena MadureiraXapuri

Topography around Tarauacá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarauacá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 236 m.

The land around Tarauacá is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (39%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (93%) within 80 km.

3 km
41 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
236 m
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December weather nearby: Feijó 45 km · Ipixuna 160 km · Eirunepé 194 km · Cruzeiro do Sul 219 km · Marechal Thaumaturgo 239 km · Mâncio Lima 242 km · Sena Madureira 251 km · Xapuri 372 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 Tarauacá (-8.1614°, -70.7656°, elevation 173 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).