Where to go
Where to go in December
49 of 85 well-known places suit December; the best 40 are shown. 31 are too hot, cold or wet that month. 5 more would suit it but are left out because of a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory.
Places for December
Number 1
Jaipur
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 9°
- Rain in the month
- 3 mm
Number 2
Kolkata
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 11°
- Rain in the month
- 9 mm
Number 3
Agra
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 8°
- Rain in the month
- 6 mm
Number 4
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 13 mm
Number 5
Varanasi
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 10°
- Rain in the month
- 5 mm
Number 6
Udaipur
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 25° / 9°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 7
Jodhpur
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 25° / 9°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 8
Delhi
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 9 mm
Number 9
Cape Town
South Africa
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 17°
- Rain in the month
- 11 mm
Number 10
Bengaluru
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 15 mm
Number 11
Santiago
Chile
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 12°
- Rain in the month
- 7 mm
Number 12
Amritsar
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 8°
- Rain in the month
- 16 mm
Number 13
Cairo
Egypt
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 9°
- Rain in the month
- 6 mm
Number 14
Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 25 mm
Number 15
Hanoi
Vietnam
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 11°
- Rain in the month
- 25 mm
Number 16
Mumbai
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 5 mm
Number 17
Lima
Peru
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 20° / 19°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 18
Hyderabad
India
Comfort 100 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 14°
- Rain in the month
- 2 mm
Number 19
Havana
Cuba
Comfort 98 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 24°
- Rain in the month
- 46 mm
Number 20
Miami
United States
Comfort 97 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 21°
- Rain in the month
- 51 mm
Number 21
Melbourne
Australia
Comfort 96 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 11°
- Rain in the month
- 58 mm
Number 22
Cancun
Mexico
Comfort 95 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 24°
- Rain in the month
- 63 mm
Number 23
Auckland
New Zealand
Comfort 95 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 21° / 16°
- Rain in the month
- 69 mm
Number 24
Marrakesh
Morocco
Comfort 95 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 19° / 7°
- Rain in the month
- 36 mm
Number 25
Mexico City
Mexico
Comfort 95 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 18° / 4°
- Rain in the month
- 6 mm
Number 26
Honolulu
United States
Comfort 94 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 25° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 74 mm
Number 27
Nairobi
Kenya
Comfort 93 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 24° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 80 mm
Number 28
Sydney
Australia
Comfort 93 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 17°
- Rain in the month
- 80 mm
Number 29
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Comfort 91 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 26° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 94 mm
Number 30
Goa
India
Comfort 91 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 30° / 23°
- Rain in the month
- 4 mm
Number 31
Quito
Ecuador
Comfort 90 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 22° / 13°
- Rain in the month
- 100 mm
Number 32
Kochi
India
Comfort 90 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 30° / 24°
- Rain in the month
- 38 mm
Number 33
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Comfort 90 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 30° / 21°
- Rain in the month
- 32 mm
Number 34
Bangkok
Thailand
Comfort 89 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 31° / 19°
- Rain in the month
- 10 mm
Number 35
Chennai
India
Comfort 88 out of 100
Pleasant
- Typical high / low
- 27° / 21°
- Rain in the month
- 112 mm
Number 36
Rishikesh
India
Comfort 88 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 16° / 5°
- Rain in the month
- 12 mm
Number 37
Phuket
Thailand
Comfort 84 out of 100
Wet
- Typical high / low
- 28° / 26°
- Rain in the month
- 137 mm
Number 38
Siem Reap
Cambodia
Comfort 83 out of 100
Warm
- Typical high / low
- 32° / 20°
- Rain in the month
- 7 mm
Number 39
Seville
Spain
Comfort 81 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 15° / 4°
- Rain in the month
- 63 mm
Number 40
Kathmandu
Nepal
Comfort 81 out of 100
Cool
- Typical high / low
- 14° / 4°
- Rain in the month
- 6 mm
Places are ranked by the same comfort rule as the Best time of year card: the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. A place is listed only when its month is comfortable (a comfort of 70 or more, about a mild day with little rain). It is a short list of well-known places, not every place; crowds, prices, humidity and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell. Not a forecast. A place under a Level 3 or 4 travel advisory is never listed.
NASA POWER climatology (public domain), 2001–2020. Read on 2026-10-08. Search for any other place above its brief to see its own best time of year.