Dunedin climate

Dunedin Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 14°C on December 1 to 16°C on December 31, and lows from 10°C to 11°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 65 mm over about 12 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Dunedin, in °C, with the record for each date.510152025151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
15°C
Average low
10°C
Precipitation
65 mm
Reanalysis high
23°CDec 25, 2009
Reanalysis low
6°CDec 13, 2004
Daylight
15 h 26 min to 15 h 41 min
Cloud cover
78%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
9°C
Wind
22.0 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 114°C10°C21°C 20037°C 201439%
Dec 214°C10°C22°C 20177°C 199139%
Dec 314°C10°C19°C 20177°C 199139%
Dec 414°C10°C21°C 19997°C 199741%
Dec 514°C10°C18°C 20038°C 201442%
Dec 614°C10°C20°C 20027°C 201543%
Dec 715°C10°C22°C 19958°C 199743%
Dec 815°C10°C21°C 20177°C 201045%
Dec 915°C10°C23°C 20177°C 201045%
Dec 1015°C10°C18°C 20167°C 200444%
Dec 1115°C10°C20°C 20076°C 200444%
Dec 1215°C10°C19°C 20067°C 200845%
Dec 1315°C10°C20°C 20106°C 200445%
Dec 1415°C10°C19°C 20167°C 200945%
Dec 1515°C10°C21°C 20177°C 200946%
Dec 1615°C10°C21°C 20077°C 201545%
Dec 1715°C10°C21°C 20127°C 200446%
Dec 1815°C10°C20°C 19947°C 200446%
Dec 1915°C10°C23°C 20207°C 199245%
Dec 2015°C10°C21°C 20007°C 200444%
Dec 2115°C11°C23°C 20157°C 199243%
Dec 2215°C11°C19°C 20107°C 199444%
Dec 2315°C11°C18°C 20007°C 199443%
Dec 2415°C11°C19°C 20178°C 199244%
Dec 2515°C11°C23°C 20098°C 199444%
Dec 2615°C11°C20°C 20108°C 199544%
Dec 2715°C11°C21°C 20118°C 200244%
Dec 2815°C11°C21°C 20088°C 199144%
Dec 2916°C11°C23°C 19988°C 199744%
Dec 3016°C11°C21°C 19987°C 199744%
Dec 3116°C11°C20°C 20148°C 200646%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Dunedin, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+13).

December 1
sunrise 5:44 AM, sunset 9:10 PM
December 31
sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 9:31 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.