Teófilo Otoni weather in December

In December, Teófilo Otoni sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 190 mm of rain across 16.5 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 15% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Teófilo Otoni's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Teófilo Otoni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
9th coldest
Rainfall
190 mm
16.5 wet days
Daylight
13 h 06 min
6:10 AM – 7:14 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Teófilo Otoni 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 Teófilo Otoni reaches about 30°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 26°C and 33°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 Teófilo Otoni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 1 day 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
1
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.

Teófilo Otoni 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
Jan30° / 21°11712.8134.4
Feb31° / 21°7710.812.64.3
Mar30° / 21°11214.812.14.3
Apr29° / 20°7412.611.65.3
May27° / 18°338.211.26.7
Jun26° / 16°216.1117.2
Jul25° / 16°217.2117.3
Aug26° / 16°185.811.47.3
Sep28° / 17°256.311.96.5
Oct29° / 19°809.612.45.3
Nov29° / 20°16216.112.84.5
Dec30° / 20°19016.513.14.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 71%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41981
52080
62179
72179
82278
92377
102377
112575
122575
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Teófilo Otoni gets around 190 mm of rain over 16.5 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 52% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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759
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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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1156520
2146521
3136522
4136324
5126424
6116425
7116326
8106426
9106327
10106327
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 13 hours at the start of December to 13 h 06 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 6:06 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 7:21 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
113.06:067:06
213.06:067:06
313.06:067:07
413.06:077:07
513.06:077:08
613.06:077:09
713.06:077:09
813.06:087:10
913.06:087:10
1013.06:087:11
1113.06:087:11
1213.16:097:12
1313.16:097:12
1413.16:097:13
1513.16:107:14
1613.16:107:14
1713.16:117:15
1813.16:117:15
1913.16:127:16
2013.16:127:16
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2213.16:137:17
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2413.16:147:18
2513.16:147:18
2613.16:157:19
2713.16:157:19
2813.16:167:20
2913.16:167:20
3013.16:177:20
3113.16:177:21

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.68 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Teófilo Otoni

In seasonPeak

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

Teófilo Otoni's rainy season runs March–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 Teófilo Otoni?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Teófilo Otoni for sightseeing.

What to pack for Teófilo Otoni in December

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

In December, Teófilo Otoni sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Teófilo Otoni 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 Teófilo Otoni peaks around February 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 highExtremeFeb 14UV 15Jun 22UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May8Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Teófilo Otoni?

Teófilo Otoni sits at 17.9°S, 41.5°W, 343 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Itambacuri, 27 km away.

Topography around Teófilo Otoni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Teófilo Otoni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m around an average of 363 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 578 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,427 m.

The land around Teófilo Otoni is covered by artificial surfaces (35%), trees (33%) and grassland (31%) within 3 km, trees (64%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and grassland (48%) within 80 km.

3 km
216 m
16 km
578 m
80 km
1,427 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Itambacuri 27 km · Novo Cruzeiro 58 km · Malacacheta 61 km · Caraí 77 km · Carlos Chagas 80 km · Padre Paraíso 87 km · Ecoporanga 92 km · Águas Formosas 105 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 Teófilo Otoni (-17.8575°, -41.5053°, elevation 343 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).