Townsville Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 32°C on December 1 to 32°C on December 31, and lows from 23°C to 24°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 96 mm over about 12 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: 32°C
Average low: 24°C
Precipitation: 96 mm
Reanalysis high: 42°CDec 20, 1995
Reanalysis low: 18°CDec 5, 1999
Daylight: 13 h 12 min to 13 h 17 min
Cloud cover: 50%
Humidity: 69%
Dew point: 21°C
Wind: 16.6 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	32°C	23°C	37°C 1992	19°C 2000	31%
Dec 2	32°C	23°C	38°C 2019	20°C 2000	30%
Dec 3	32°C	23°C	38°C 2018	20°C 1999	30%
Dec 4	32°C	24°C	37°C 2019	19°C 1999	31%
Dec 5	32°C	24°C	38°C 2012	18°C 1999	33%
Dec 6	32°C	24°C	37°C 1991	20°C 1999	34%
Dec 7	33°C	24°C	38°C 1991	20°C 1999	34%
Dec 8	33°C	24°C	37°C 2001	19°C 1999	34%
Dec 9	33°C	24°C	37°C 2001	22°C 2013	34%
Dec 10	33°C	24°C	36°C 2005	22°C 2013	34%
Dec 11	33°C	24°C	38°C 2002	20°C 1999	34%
Dec 12	33°C	24°C	35°C 2015	21°C 1991	34%
Dec 13	33°C	24°C	36°C 2011	21°C 1991	35%
Dec 14	33°C	24°C	38°C 2005	21°C 2014	35%
Dec 15	32°C	24°C	37°C 2004	21°C 1993	35%
Dec 16	32°C	24°C	36°C 2019	21°C 2006	36%
Dec 17	32°C	24°C	36°C 1995	21°C 1994	36%
Dec 18	32°C	24°C	41°C 2005	22°C 1994	37%
Dec 19	32°C	24°C	40°C 1995	21°C 2003	37%
Dec 20	32°C	24°C	42°C 1995	20°C 2006	38%
Dec 21	32°C	24°C	41°C 1995	21°C 2000	38%
Dec 22	32°C	24°C	39°C 1995	22°C 2013	39%
Dec 23	32°C	24°C	37°C 1991	21°C 2000	39%
Dec 24	32°C	24°C	37°C 1995	21°C 2000	40%
Dec 25	32°C	24°C	37°C 2019	22°C 1992	42%
Dec 26	32°C	24°C	37°C 2001	22°C 1996	44%
Dec 27	32°C	24°C	38°C 2001	21°C 1992	46%
Dec 28	32°C	24°C	36°C 2001	22°C 1996	47%
Dec 29	32°C	24°C	35°C 1996	20°C 1999	48%
Dec 30	32°C	24°C	35°C 2013	22°C 2007	48%
Dec 31	32°C	24°C	37°C 2013	21°C 2007	50%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1: sunrise 5:26 AM, sunset 6:38 PM
December 31: sunrise 5:37 AM, sunset 6:54 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.