Weekly note

Brazil in December

3 of the 4 destinations in Brazil are in season in December: 0 a sweet spot, 2 good, 1 ok.

None of these has December as a sweet spot; the 2 labelled good are the best of the month: Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. Best avoided at 1 of them.

Ranked for December

#PlaceVerdict High Rain Fare Why
1 Rio de Janeiro good 28° 9d — 28C max, 9 rainy days
2 Salvador goodbusy 29° 3d — busier than usual
3 Sao Paulo ok 27° 13d £1,421 27C max, 13 rainy days

Fares are the typical return from London for December departures, in GBP; a dash means none has been seen yet for December departures.

Not this December

Other months for Brazil

December elsewhere

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Brazil as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.