Torquay Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 18°C on December 1 to 20°C on December 31, and lows from 13°C to 15°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 56 mm over about 9 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: 19°C
Average low: 14°C
Precipitation: 56 mm
Reanalysis high: 33°CDec 31, 2005
Reanalysis low: 10°CDec 11, 1995
Daylight: 14 h 37 min to 14 h 48 min
Cloud cover: 60%
Humidity: 75%
Dew point: 12°C
Wind: 20.2 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	18°C	13°C	27°C 2005	11°C 1994	34%
Dec 2	18°C	13°C	27°C 2013	10°C 2019	35%
Dec 3	18°C	13°C	25°C 1994	11°C 1996	34%
Dec 4	18°C	14°C	27°C 2016	11°C 1991	33%
Dec 5	18°C	14°C	29°C 1994	11°C 1993	33%
Dec 6	18°C	14°C	29°C 2018	11°C 2013	33%
Dec 7	18°C	14°C	28°C 2018	11°C 1996	32%
Dec 8	18°C	14°C	27°C 1999	11°C 1996	31%
Dec 9	18°C	14°C	30°C 2003	11°C 1996	31%
Dec 10	18°C	14°C	28°C 2006	11°C 1995	30%
Dec 11	19°C	14°C	32°C 1998	10°C 1995	29%
Dec 12	19°C	14°C	28°C 2018	10°C 1995	29%
Dec 13	19°C	14°C	28°C 2017	11°C 1993	29%
Dec 14	19°C	14°C	27°C 2020	12°C 1992	29%
Dec 15	19°C	14°C	27°C 1999	12°C 1992	29%
Dec 16	19°C	14°C	29°C 2003	12°C 1993	28%
Dec 17	19°C	14°C	30°C 2003	11°C 1993	27%
Dec 18	19°C	14°C	30°C 2019	12°C 1991	27%
Dec 19	19°C	14°C	31°C 2015	12°C 2008	27%
Dec 20	19°C	14°C	32°C 2019	12°C 1998	28%
Dec 21	19°C	14°C	30°C 2000	11°C 1998	28%
Dec 22	19°C	14°C	24°C 2008	12°C 1995	27%
Dec 23	19°C	14°C	31°C 2009	11°C 1995	27%
Dec 24	19°C	14°C	30°C 1998	12°C 2006	26%
Dec 25	19°C	14°C	28°C 2016	11°C 2006	26%
Dec 26	19°C	14°C	28°C 1991	11°C 1995	25%
Dec 27	19°C	14°C	28°C 2017	11°C 1993	24%
Dec 28	20°C	14°C	27°C 2018	12°C 2020	23%
Dec 29	20°C	15°C	29°C 2003	12°C 2020	23%
Dec 30	20°C	15°C	32°C 2019	12°C 2001	23%
Dec 31	20°C	15°C	33°C 2005	12°C 2001	24%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+11).

December 1: sunrise 5:53 AM, sunset 8:30 PM
December 31: sunrise 6:01 AM, sunset 8:49 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.