Vancouver climate

Vancouver Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 7°C on December 1 to 5°C on December 31, and lows from 3°C to 2°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 183 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Vancouver, in °C, with the record for each date.-10-5051015151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
6°C
Average low
3°C
Precipitation
183 mm
Reanalysis high
13°CDec 10, 2014
Reanalysis low
-9°CDec 20, 2008
Daylight
8 h 31 min to 8 h 16 min
Cloud cover
77%
Humidity
87%
Dew point
2°C
Wind
13.0 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 17°C3°C10°C 20080°C 201463%
Dec 27°C3°C10°C 2003-1°C 201363%
Dec 36°C3°C12°C 2007-3°C 199463%
Dec 46°C3°C11°C 2007-5°C 199463%
Dec 56°C3°C11°C 2002-2°C 201362%
Dec 66°C3°C10°C 2015-6°C 201362%
Dec 76°C3°C9°C 2015-6°C 201362%
Dec 86°C3°C12°C 2015-6°C 199562%
Dec 96°C3°C13°C 2014-5°C 199562%
Dec 106°C3°C13°C 2014-4°C 200962%
Dec 116°C3°C11°C 2006-3°C 200063%
Dec 126°C3°C12°C 2002-3°C 200065%
Dec 136°C3°C11°C 1998-4°C 201666%
Dec 146°C3°C13°C 2002-6°C 201667%
Dec 156°C3°C11°C 1999-7°C 200867%
Dec 166°C3°C10°C 1997-7°C 201667%
Dec 176°C3°C10°C 1999-4°C 200866%
Dec 186°C3°C9°C 2018-6°C 200865%
Dec 196°C3°C11°C 1994-9°C 200866%
Dec 206°C3°C12°C 2018-9°C 200866%
Dec 216°C3°C10°C 2005-5°C 199867%
Dec 226°C3°C11°C 2005-5°C 199866%
Dec 235°C2°C9°C 2005-6°C 200866%
Dec 245°C2°C13°C 2005-3°C 199666%
Dec 255°C2°C11°C 2005-7°C 199665%
Dec 265°C2°C9°C 2005-7°C 199664%
Dec 275°C2°C10°C 1994-8°C 199664%
Dec 285°C2°C9°C 2011-9°C 199664%
Dec 295°C2°C10°C 1997-9°C 199664%
Dec 305°C2°C8°C 1997-6°C 199265%
Dec 315°C2°C10°C 2019-7°C 199266%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Vancouver, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (PST).

December 1
sunrise 7:46 AM, sunset 4:17 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:08 AM, sunset 4:24 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.