Sydney Weather in December
Average highs run from 5°C on December 1 to 0°C on December 31, and lows from 0°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 121 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
- 2°C
- Average low
- -2°C
- Precipitation
- 121 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 13°CDec 8, 2011
- Reanalysis low
- -15°CDec 28, 1993
- Daylight
- 8 h 54 min to 8 h 42 min
- Cloud cover
- 90%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- -2°C
- Wind
- 30.6 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 | 5°C | 0°C | 11°C 2011 | -4°C 1997 | 54% |
| Dec 2 | 4°C | 0°C | 12°C 2020 | -6°C 1991 | 53% |
| Dec 3 | 4°C | 0°C | 10°C 2009 | -6°C 1991 | 54% |
| Dec 4 | 4°C | -1°C | 11°C 2014 | -6°C 2002 | 54% |
| Dec 5 | 4°C | -1°C | 10°C 2020 | -10°C 2002 | 54% |
| Dec 6 | 4°C | -1°C | 11°C 2020 | -9°C 1991 | 52% |
| Dec 7 | 4°C | -1°C | 10°C 2008 | -7°C 2014 | 52% |
| Dec 8 | 3°C | -1°C | 13°C 2011 | -8°C 2000 | 54% |
| Dec 9 | 3°C | -1°C | 11°C 1996 | -12°C 2002 | 52% |
| Dec 10 | 3°C | -2°C | 10°C 2008 | -10°C 2002 | 52% |
| Dec 11 | 3°C | -2°C | 11°C 2012 | -7°C 2013 | 52% |
| Dec 12 | 3°C | -2°C | 10°C 2015 | -10°C 2013 | 51% |
| Dec 13 | 3°C | -2°C | 11°C 2008 | -10°C 2013 | 52% |
| Dec 14 | 2°C | -2°C | 9°C 2019 | -10°C 2013 | 50% |
| Dec 15 | 2°C | -2°C | 10°C 2019 | -8°C 2013 | 51% |
| Dec 16 | 2°C | -2°C | 10°C 2008 | -14°C 2016 | 50% |
| Dec 17 | 2°C | -2°C | 7°C 1999 | -13°C 2016 | 52% |
| Dec 18 | 2°C | -2°C | 10°C 1996 | -9°C 2013 | 52% |
| Dec 19 | 2°C | -2°C | 9°C 1996 | -8°C 2008 | 52% |
| Dec 20 | 2°C | -3°C | 10°C 1996 | -8°C 2016 | 53% |
| Dec 21 | 2°C | -3°C | 8°C 1999 | -7°C 2005 | 54% |
| Dec 22 | 2°C | -3°C | 10°C 1993 | -8°C 2005 | 54% |
| Dec 23 | 2°C | -3°C | 6°C 2012 | -9°C 1998 | 53% |
| Dec 24 | 1°C | -3°C | 9°C 2017 | -9°C 1998 | 51% |
| Dec 25 | 1°C | -3°C | 10°C 2014 | -9°C 1992 | 52% |
| Dec 26 | 1°C | -4°C | 8°C 2003 | -11°C 2000 | 51% |
| Dec 27 | 1°C | -4°C | 8°C 2010 | -13°C 1993 | 50% |
| Dec 28 | 1°C | -4°C | 6°C 2011 | -15°C 1993 | 50% |
| Dec 29 | 1°C | -4°C | 7°C 2020 | -15°C 1993 | 50% |
| Dec 30 | 0°C | -5°C | 8°C 2005 | -14°C 1993 | 50% |
| Dec 31 | 0°C | -5°C | 7°C 2020 | -13°C 1996 | 50% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (AST).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:23 AM, sunset 4:17 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 7:43 AM, sunset 4:25 PM
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.