Canberra climate

Canberra Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Canberra, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

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 daily high and low temperature at Canberra, in °C.510152025151015202530
  • 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.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 121°C9°C33%
Dec 221°C9°C32%
Dec 321°C9°C32%
Dec 421°C9°C31%
Dec 521°C9°C30%
Dec 621°C9°C30%
Dec 721°C9°C29%
Dec 822°C9°C29%
Dec 922°C9°C28%
Dec 1022°C9°C29%
Dec 1122°C9°C28%
Dec 1222°C9°C28%
Dec 1322°C9°C28%
Dec 1422°C10°C28%
Dec 1523°C10°C28%
Dec 1623°C10°C28%
Dec 1723°C10°C28%
Dec 1823°C10°C29%
Dec 1923°C10°C30%
Dec 2023°C10°C30%
Dec 2123°C10°C30%
Dec 2223°C10°C29%
Dec 2323°C10°C28%
Dec 2424°C10°C27%
Dec 2524°C11°C27%
Dec 2624°C11°C27%
Dec 2724°C11°C27%
Dec 2824°C11°C26%
Dec 2924°C11°C27%
Dec 3024°C11°C28%
Dec 3124°C11°C28%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Canberra, in percent.0102030401102030
  • 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

Every day of December: sun and moon

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.