Canberra Weather in December
Average highs run from 21°C on December 1 to 24°C on December 31, and lows from 9°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 73 mm over about 9 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
December at a glance
- Average high
- 23°C
- Average low
- 10°C
- Precipitation
- 73 mm
- Daylight
- 14 h 21 min to 14 h 30 min
- Cloud cover
- 58%
- Humidity
- 63%
- Dew point
- 8°C
- Wind
- 6.5 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 21°C | 9°C | 33% | ||
| Dec 2 | 21°C | 9°C | 32% | ||
| Dec 3 | 21°C | 9°C | 32% | ||
| Dec 4 | 21°C | 9°C | 31% | ||
| Dec 5 | 21°C | 9°C | 30% | ||
| Dec 6 | 21°C | 9°C | 30% | ||
| Dec 7 | 21°C | 9°C | 29% | ||
| Dec 8 | 22°C | 9°C | 29% | ||
| Dec 9 | 22°C | 9°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 10 | 22°C | 9°C | 29% | ||
| Dec 11 | 22°C | 9°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 12 | 22°C | 9°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 13 | 22°C | 9°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 14 | 22°C | 10°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 15 | 23°C | 10°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 16 | 23°C | 10°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 17 | 23°C | 10°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 18 | 23°C | 10°C | 29% | ||
| Dec 19 | 23°C | 10°C | 30% | ||
| Dec 20 | 23°C | 10°C | 30% | ||
| Dec 21 | 23°C | 10°C | 30% | ||
| Dec 22 | 23°C | 10°C | 29% | ||
| Dec 23 | 23°C | 10°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 24 | 24°C | 10°C | 27% | ||
| Dec 25 | 24°C | 11°C | 27% | ||
| Dec 26 | 24°C | 11°C | 27% | ||
| Dec 27 | 24°C | 11°C | 27% | ||
| Dec 28 | 24°C | 11°C | 26% | ||
| Dec 29 | 24°C | 11°C | 27% | ||
| Dec 30 | 24°C | 11°C | 28% | ||
| Dec 31 | 24°C | 11°C | 28% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).
- December 1
- sunrise 5:42 AM, sunset 8:03 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 5:51 AM, sunset 8:21 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station ASN00070246, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-26. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.