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 |