Sunshine Coast Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 27°C on December 1 to 27°C on December 31, and lows from 21°C to 23°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 146 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high: 27°C
Average low: 22°C
Precipitation: 146 mm
Reanalysis high: 34°CDec 26, 2001
Reanalysis low: 18°CDec 21, 2010
Daylight: 13 h 41 min to 13 h 47 min
Cloud cover: 54%
Humidity: 75%
Dew point: 19°C
Wind: 15.5 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	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Dec 1	27°C	21°C	32°C 1996	19°C 1992	41%
Dec 2	27°C	21°C	31°C 1997	19°C 1992	42%
Dec 3	27°C	21°C	32°C 1996	19°C 2013	43%
Dec 4	27°C	22°C	32°C 2002	19°C 1999	45%
Dec 5	27°C	22°C	33°C 2002	20°C 2017	47%
Dec 6	27°C	22°C	32°C 2002	18°C 2017	48%
Dec 7	27°C	22°C	33°C 2019	18°C 2003	49%
Dec 8	27°C	22°C	30°C 2009	20°C 2013	48%
Dec 9	27°C	22°C	30°C 2009	20°C 2013	48%
Dec 10	27°C	22°C	30°C 2009	20°C 1991	48%
Dec 11	27°C	22°C	31°C 2001	20°C 2002	48%
Dec 12	27°C	22°C	29°C 2019	19°C 1995	49%
Dec 13	27°C	22°C	31°C 2008	19°C 1993	48%
Dec 14	27°C	22°C	31°C 2005	19°C 1995	46%
Dec 15	27°C	22°C	30°C 2019	19°C 1996	44%
Dec 16	27°C	22°C	33°C 2019	20°C 1996	42%
Dec 17	27°C	22°C	32°C 2012	20°C 1996	42%
Dec 18	27°C	22°C	30°C 2012	20°C 2006	42%
Dec 19	27°C	22°C	31°C 2008	19°C 2006	42%
Dec 20	27°C	22°C	30°C 1997	19°C 1993	42%
Dec 21	27°C	22°C	31°C 2018	18°C 2010	42%
Dec 22	27°C	22°C	32°C 2001	20°C 1999	43%
Dec 23	27°C	22°C	31°C 1997	20°C 1999	44%
Dec 24	27°C	22°C	33°C 2001	19°C 2006	44%
Dec 25	27°C	22°C	34°C 2001	19°C 1991	44%
Dec 26	27°C	22°C	34°C 2001	20°C 2011	44%
Dec 27	27°C	22°C	32°C 1998	20°C 2006	45%
Dec 28	27°C	22°C	31°C 2005	20°C 1993	46%
Dec 29	27°C	23°C	32°C 2013	20°C 1999	49%
Dec 30	27°C	23°C	31°C 2008	20°C 1999	51%
Dec 31	27°C	23°C	32°C 2008	20°C 2006	52%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+10).

December 1: sunrise 4:46 AM, sunset 6:27 PM
December 31: sunrise 4:57 AM, sunset 6:44 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.