🇨🇻 Weather in Mindelo in December
This is what the weather in Mindelo (São Vicente, Cape Verde) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
23.9 °C
23.2 °C – 25.1 °C
Avg. night-time low
22.0 °C
21.3 °C – 23.0 °C
Avg. rain days in period
8.1
26 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
69.0 mm
2.8 mm – 143 mm
Avg. cloud cover
57 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
Sea temperature unavailable for today (daily limit).
Extremes: Highest temperature 26.6 °C (10 Dec 2023) · Lowest temperature 19.7 °C (25 Dec 2017) · Avg. daily peak wind 26 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 76Sunny
- 76Partly cloudy
- 77Cloudy
- 43Light rain
- 38Rain
Summary
- On average 23.9 °C during the day and 22.0 °C at night.
- On average 8.1 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 69.0 mm of precipitation in total.
- In 1 of 10 years there was not a single rain day.
- Prevailing: Cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 25.1 °C), coolest: 2025 (avg. 23.2 °C).
- Wettest year: 2025 (143 mm), driest: 2022 (2.8 mm).
- Extremes: 26.6 °C on 10 Dec 2023 and 19.7 °C on 25 Dec 2017.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max23.2°Avg. min21.6°- Rain days
- 20 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 143 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 62 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.0 °C · Min 20.3 °C
2024
Avg. max24.8°Avg. min22.7°- Rain days
- 5 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 38.9 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 49 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.6 °C · Min 21.2 °C
2023
Avg. max25.1°Avg. min23.0°- Rain days
- 6 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 86.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 53 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.6 °C · Min 21.5 °C
2022
Avg. max24.4°Avg. min22.1°- Rain days
- 0 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 2.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 28 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.5 °C · Min 20.9 °C
2021
Avg. max23.9°Avg. min21.8°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 16.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 59 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.2 °C · Min 21.0 °C
2020
Avg. max23.4°Avg. min21.8°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 85.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 75 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.7 °C · Min 20.1 °C
2019
Avg. max23.4°Avg. min21.3°- Rain days
- 7 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 86.6 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 54 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 24.6 °C · Min 20.2 °C
2018
Avg. max24.1°Avg. min21.5°- Rain days
- 3 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 12.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 43 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.7 °C · Min 20.1 °C
2017
Avg. max23.7°Avg. min22.0°- Rain days
- 12 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 83.5 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 78 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 26.2 °C · Min 19.7 °C
2016
Avg. max23.5°Avg. min22.1°- Rain days
- 13 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 134 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 70 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 25.5 °C · Min 21.1 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Mindelo in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 23.9 °C, night-time lows 22.0 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 26.6 °C (10 Dec 2023), the lowest 19.7 °C (25 Dec 2017).
- How often does it rain in Mindelo in December?
- On average there were 8.1 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 69.0 mm of precipitation in total. In 1 of 10 years there was no rain day at all.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
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