Valença weather in December

In December, Valença sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 71 mm of rain across 14.5 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Valença's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Valença's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 71 mm; 14.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 48 min; 5:09 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 11th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Valença is human settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical December day in Valença reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 1°C warmer than 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How December really feels in Valença

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 25 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.

Valença weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 24°	87	18.9	12.7	4.4
Feb	29° / 24°	77	18.7	12.4	4.2
Mar	29° / 24°	105	21.9	12.1	4.1
Apr	28° / 24°	145	23.6	11.7	4.1
May	27° / 23°	154	22.5	11.4	4.7
Jun	26° / 22°	161	23.4	11.2	4.7
Jul	25° / 21°	139	24	11.3	4.8
Aug	25° / 21°	112	22.4	11.6	5.1
Sep	26° / 21°	87	18.2	11.9	5.5
Oct	27° / 22°	78	16.7	12.3	5.6
Nov	28° / 23°	90	16.6	12.6	5.1
Dec	29° / 24°	71	14.5	12.8	5.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 35% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. 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 (%)	47	48	48	48	48	48	49	48	48	49	49	50	50	50	51	52	52	53	53	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	55	56	56
Cloudier (%)	53	52	52	52	52	52	51	52	52	51	51	50	50	50	49	48	48	47	47	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	45	44	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Valença gets around 71 mm of rain over 14.5 wet days in December, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 47% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	47	46	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	49	49	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	49
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	46
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	44
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	49
30	49
31	50

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Oppressive (%)	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	95	95	95	96	96	95	95	95
Miserable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	93	1
2	6	93	1
3	6	93	1
4	5	94	1
5	5	94	1
6	5	94	1
7	5	94	1
8	5	94	1
9	5	94	1
10	5	94	1
11	5	94	1
12	5	94	1
13	5	94	1
14	5	94	1
15	5	94	1
16	5	94	1
17	5	95	0
18	5	95	0
19	5	95	0
20	5	95	0
21	5	95	0
22	5	95	0
23	4	96	0
24	4	95	1
25	4	95	1
26	4	95	1
27	3	96	1
28	3	96	1
29	3	95	2
30	3	95	2
31	3	95	2

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
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30	11	calm
31	11	calm

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 5:04 AM to 5:16 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 6:03 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	12.8	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	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8	12.8
Sunrise (AM)	5:04	5:04	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:05	5:06	5:06	5:06	5:07	5:07	5:07	5:08	5:08	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:15	5:16	5:16
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52	5:52	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.7	5:04	5:48
2	12.7	5:04	5:49
3	12.7	5:05	5:49
4	12.7	5:05	5:50
5	12.8	5:05	5:50
6	12.8	5:05	5:51
7	12.8	5:06	5:51
8	12.8	5:06	5:52
9	12.8	5:06	5:52
10	12.8	5:07	5:53
11	12.8	5:07	5:53
12	12.8	5:07	5:54
13	12.8	5:08	5:54
14	12.8	5:08	5:55
15	12.8	5:09	5:55
16	12.8	5:09	5:56
17	12.8	5:09	5:56
18	12.8	5:10	5:57
19	12.8	5:10	5:57
20	12.8	5:11	5:58
21	12.8	5:11	5:58
22	12.8	5:12	5:59
23	12.8	5:12	5:59
24	12.8	5:13	6:00
25	12.8	5:13	6:00
26	12.8	5:14	6:01
27	12.8	5:14	6:01
28	12.8	5:15	6:02
29	12.8	5:15	6:02
30	12.8	5:16	6:02
31	12.8	5:16	6:03

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in January across the year — December's 6.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	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	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.1	Intense
5	6.1	Intense
6	6.1	Intense
7	6.1	Intense
8	6.1	Intense
9	6.2	Intense
10	6.2	Intense
11	6.2	Intense
12	6.2	Intense
13	6.2	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.2	Intense
18	6.2	Intense
19	6.2	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.3	Intense
22	6.3	Intense
23	6.3	Intense
24	6.3	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.3	Intense
31	6.3	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Valença?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Valença for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Valença in December

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

In December, Valença sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Valença in December

The nearest coast averages about 27°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 21 km away) is warmest in March at about 28°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	26	26	27	27
Comfort	Warm	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	28	Warm
Feb	28	Tropical
Mar	28	Tropical
Apr	28	Tropical
May	27	Warm
Jun	26	Warm
Jul	26	Warm
Aug	25	Warm
Sep	26	Warm
Oct	26	Warm
Nov	27	Warm
Dec	27	Warm

UV index in Valença in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Valença peaks around February 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 8 (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)	13	15	14	12	9	8	8	10	11	13	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Valença?

Valença sits at 13.4°S, 39.1°W, 9 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Cairu, 13 km away.

Topography around Valença

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Valença has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 222 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 928 m.

The land around Valença is covered by trees (50%) within 3 km, trees (67%) within 16 km, and trees (45%), water (30%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

140 m

trees 50%

16 km

222 m

trees 67%

80 km

928 m

trees 45%

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

December weather nearby: Cairu 13 km · Taperoá 19 km · Jaguaripe 34 km · Nazaré 38 km · Presidente Tancredo Neves 39 km · Ituberá 41 km · Laje 43 km · Santo Antônio de Jesus 49 km

Brazil travel facts

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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
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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 Valença (-13.3703°, -39.0731°, elevation 9 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	29	23
2	29	23
3	29	24
4	29	24
5	29	24
6	29	24
7	29	24
8	29	24
9	29	24
10	29	24
11	29	24
12	29	24
13	29	24
14	29	24
15	29	24
16	29	24
17	29	24
18	29	24
19	29	24
20	29	24
21	29	24
22	29	24
23	29	24
24	29	24
25	29	24
26	29	24
27	29	24
28	29	24
29	29	24
30	29	24
31	29	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	49
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	46
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	44
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	49
30	49
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	93	1
2	6	93	1
3	6	93	1
4	5	94	1
5	5	94	1
6	5	94	1
7	5	94	1
8	5	94	1
9	5	94	1
10	5	94	1
11	5	94	1
12	5	94	1
13	5	94	1
14	5	94	1
15	5	94	1
16	5	94	1
17	5	95	0
18	5	95	0
19	5	95	0
20	5	95	0
21	5	95	0
22	5	95	0
23	4	96	0
24	4	95	1
25	4	95	1
26	4	95	1
27	3	96	1
28	3	96	1
29	3	95	2
30	3	95	2
31	3	95	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	49
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	46
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	44
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	49
30	49
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	93	1
2	6	93	1
3	6	93	1
4	5	94	1
5	5	94	1
6	5	94	1
7	5	94	1
8	5	94	1
9	5	94	1
10	5	94	1
11	5	94	1
12	5	94	1
13	5	94	1
14	5	94	1
15	5	94	1
16	5	94	1
17	5	95	0
18	5	95	0
19	5	95	0
20	5	95	0
21	5	95	0
22	5	95	0
23	4	96	0
24	4	95	1
25	4	95	1
26	4	95	1
27	3	96	1
28	3	96	1
29	3	95	2
30	3	95	2
31	3	95	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	47	53
2	48	52
3	48	52
4	48	52
5	48	52
6	48	52
7	49	51
8	48	52
9	48	52
10	49	51
11	49	51
12	50	50
13	50	50
14	50	50
15	51	49
16	52	48
17	52	48
18	53	47
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	54	46
23	54	46
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	55	45
28	55	45
29	55	45
30	56	44
31	56	44

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	52
3	51
4	50
5	49
6	48
7	47
8	47
9	46
10	45
11	45
12	45
13	44
14	44
15	44
16	44
17	44
18	45
19	45
20	45
21	46
22	46
23	47
24	47
25	47
26	47
27	48
28	48
29	49
30	49
31	50

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	6	93	1
2	6	93	1
3	6	93	1
4	5	94	1
5	5	94	1
6	5	94	1
7	5	94	1
8	5	94	1
9	5	94	1
10	5	94	1
11	5	94	1
12	5	94	1
13	5	94	1
14	5	94	1
15	5	94	1
16	5	94	1
17	5	95	0
18	5	95	0
19	5	95	0
20	5	95	0
21	5	95	0
22	5	95	0
23	4	96	0
24	4	95	1
25	4	95	1
26	4	95	1
27	3	96	1
28	3	96	1
29	3	95	2
30	3	95	2
31	3	95	2