Christchurch Weather in December
Average highs run from 11°C on December 1 to 9°C on December 31, and lows from 8°C to 7°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 102 mm over about 16 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- 10°C
- Average low
- 8°C
- Precipitation
- 102 mm
- Record high
- 16°CDec 5, 1979
- Record low
- -12°CDec 3, 2004
- Daylight
- 8 h 18 min to 8 h 02 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 86%
- Dew point
- 6°C
- Wind
- 31.0 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 | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 11°C | 8°C | 15°C 1999 | -4°C 2013 | 53% |
| Dec 2 | 11°C | 8°C | 15°C 2018 | -5°C 2016 | 52% |
| Dec 3 | 11°C | 8°C | 14°C 1995 | -12°C 2004 | 50% |
| Dec 4 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 1986 | -6°C 2010 | 50% |
| Dec 5 | 10°C | 8°C | 16°C 1979 | -6°C 1976 | 49% |
| Dec 6 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 2007 | -7°C 2012 | 47% |
| Dec 7 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 1979 | -5°C 2008 | 46% |
| Dec 8 | 10°C | 8°C | 13°C 2007 | -7°C 1980 | 47% |
| Dec 9 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 2023 | -8°C 2022 | 48% |
| Dec 10 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 1997 | -9°C 2022 | 49% |
| Dec 11 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 2003 | -7°C 2022 | 49% |
| Dec 12 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 1994 | -7°C 2017 | 49% |
| Dec 13 | 10°C | 8°C | 13°C 2015 | -9°C 1981 | 50% |
| Dec 14 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 1998 | -6°C 1975 | 50% |
| Dec 15 | 10°C | 8°C | 13°C 1982 | -6°C 2022 | 50% |
| Dec 16 | 10°C | 8°C | 14°C 2015 | -8°C 2022 | 49% |
| Dec 17 | 10°C | 8°C | 13°C 1987 | -7°C 2022 | 50% |
| Dec 18 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 2024 | -7°C 2010 | 51% |
| Dec 19 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 2024 | -6°C 2009 | 51% |
| Dec 20 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 1989 | -9°C 2010 | 52% |
| Dec 21 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 1989 | -5°C 2009 | 53% |
| Dec 22 | 10°C | 7°C | 15°C 1991 | -3°C 2001 | 54% |
| Dec 23 | 10°C | 7°C | 14°C 2022 | -6°C 1994 | 54% |
| Dec 24 | 9°C | 7°C | 14°C 1988 | -9°C 1994 | 53% |
| Dec 25 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1974 | -4°C 1995 | 53% |
| Dec 26 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 1988 | -4°C 2004 | 52% |
| Dec 27 | 9°C | 7°C | 14°C 2015 | -8°C 1995 | 52% |
| Dec 28 | 9°C | 7°C | 15°C 1974 | -8°C 1985 | 52% |
| Dec 29 | 9°C | 7°C | 12°C 2023 | -8°C 1976 | 51% |
| Dec 30 | 9°C | 7°C | 13°C 2022 | -8°C 1985 | 52% |
| Dec 31 | 9°C | 7°C | 14°C 2022 | -7°C 2000 | 52% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+0).
- December 1
- sunrise 7:47 AM, sunset 4:05 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 8:09 AM, sunset 4:11 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station UKM00003862, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.