Nuku‘alofa climate

Nuku‘alofa Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 26°C on December 1 to 26°C on December 31, and lows from 25°C to 25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 119 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Nuku‘alofa, in °C, with the record for each date.2224262830151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
26°C
Average low
25°C
Precipitation
119 mm
Reanalysis high
28°CDec 25, 1995
Reanalysis low
22°CDec 18, 2009
Daylight
13 h 20 min to 13 h 24 min
Cloud cover
69%
Humidity
80%
Dew point
22°C
Wind
23.4 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 126°C25°C27°C 199824°C 199551%
Dec 226°C25°C27°C 201823°C 200650%
Dec 326°C25°C27°C 199823°C 200650%
Dec 426°C25°C27°C 199823°C 201551%
Dec 526°C25°C27°C 199823°C 199953%
Dec 626°C25°C27°C 199823°C 200954%
Dec 726°C25°C28°C 199823°C 201454%
Dec 826°C25°C28°C 199823°C 201454%
Dec 926°C25°C28°C 199823°C 200953%
Dec 1026°C25°C28°C 199823°C 200652%
Dec 1126°C25°C27°C 201322°C 200652%
Dec 1226°C25°C28°C 201323°C 200651%
Dec 1326°C25°C27°C 201923°C 199152%
Dec 1426°C25°C27°C 201123°C 200953%
Dec 1526°C25°C28°C 201124°C 201452%
Dec 1626°C25°C28°C 201323°C 199353%
Dec 1726°C25°C28°C 201122°C 200954%
Dec 1826°C25°C28°C 200522°C 200955%
Dec 1926°C25°C28°C 200522°C 200955%
Dec 2026°C25°C28°C 200523°C 200953%
Dec 2126°C25°C28°C 200823°C 200951%
Dec 2226°C25°C28°C 199523°C 200950%
Dec 2326°C25°C27°C 199523°C 200950%
Dec 2426°C25°C28°C 199524°C 200050%
Dec 2526°C25°C28°C 199523°C 200651%
Dec 2626°C25°C28°C 199523°C 200652%
Dec 2726°C25°C28°C 199523°C 200953%
Dec 2826°C25°C28°C 201223°C 200954%
Dec 2926°C25°C28°C 200823°C 200955%
Dec 3026°C25°C28°C 201323°C 200956%
Dec 3126°C25°C28°C 200823°C 200956%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Nuku‘alofa, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 5:50 AM, sunset 7:10 PM
December 31
sunrise 6:02 AM, sunset 7:26 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.