December Rainfall Averages for Brazil

The tables below give December averages for rainfall at cities and other locations in Brazil. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the country: Northeast Brazil, Southeast Brazil, South Brazil, Center West Brazil and North Brazil.

The rainfall measurements are averages of weather data collected from 1961 to 1990.

Northeast Brazil

December rainfall averages
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
2 Apodí 0.9 24
5 Aracaju 2.2 56
4 Campina Grande 1.2 29
6 Fortaleza 1.7 44
5 João Pessoa 1.1 29
9 Maceió 2.5 63
5 Natal 0.8 21
5 Petrolina 2.0 51
8 Recife 2.2 57
10 Salvador 5.6 143
3 São Gonçalo 1.5 37
4 São Luis 3.0 77
7 Teresina 4.7 118

Southeast Brazil

Average December precipitation
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
12 Araçatuba 7.8 199
16 Belo Horizonte 11.5 292
9 Cabo Frio 3.5 88
14 Campinas 8.1 205
20 Campos do Jordão 11.8 300
17 Franca 11.0 280
14 Ilha Guaíba 8.2 209
17 Juiz de Fora 10.9 277
12 Mogi das Cruzes NA NA
11 Rio de Janeiro 5.3 134
14 Santos 8.3 211
13 São José dos Campos 8.0 202
14 São Paulo 7.9 201
13 Sorocaba 8.2 209
18 Ubatuba 13.8 351
16 Uberaba 9.9 253
12 Vitória 6.9 176

South Brazil

Average amount of rain in December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
10 Caxias do Sul 6.6 168
13 Curitiba 6.0 152
11 Florianópolis 5.4 137
9 Foz do lguaçu 7.4 189
13 Londrina 9.1 230
12 Maringá 6.6 167
12 Ponta Grossa 6.5 165
7 Porto Alegre 3.7 93
5 Rio Grande 2.4 60

Center West Brazil

December precipitation averages
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
18 Brasília 9.7 246
14 Campo Grande 8.9 225
14 Cuiabá 7.9 201
19 Goiânia 10.5 268
18 Goiás 11.8 300
21 Pirenópolis 13.3 338

North Brazil

Average rainfall in December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
17 Belém 8.0 203
17 Benjamin Constant 11.6 294
4 Boa Vista 1.7 44
17 Cruzeiro do Sul 8.8 223
9 Macapá 10.7 273
16 Manaus 8.6 220
13 Palmas 8.3 212
19 Porto Velho 12.6 319
17 Rio Branco 10.4 265
10 Santarém 4.7 120
18 Taracuá 10.7 273
Reference

Brasil INMET. Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia. Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento. Normais Climatológicas do Brasil 1961-1990.

Brazil Precipitation
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