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Where to go in December

Well-known places at their most comfortable in the month you choose: mild days and little rain, from twenty years of weather averages. Typical weather, not a forecast, and never a place under a travel advisory.

10 of 18 well-known places suit December. 8 are too hot, cold or wet that month.

Places for December

  1. Number 1

    Chiang Mai

    Thailand

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    24° / 14°
    Rain in the month
    13 mm
    Open brief for Chiang Mai

  2. Number 2

    Hong Kong

    Hong Kong

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    21° / 13°
    Rain in the month
    25 mm
    Open brief for Hong Kong

  3. Number 3

    Hanoi

    Vietnam

    Comfort 100 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    21° / 11°
    Rain in the month
    25 mm
    Open brief for Hanoi

  4. Number 4

    Ho Chi Minh City

    Vietnam

    Comfort 90 out of 100

    Warm

    Typical high / low
    30° / 21°
    Rain in the month
    32 mm
    Open brief for Ho Chi Minh City

  5. Number 5

    Bangkok

    Thailand

    Comfort 89 out of 100

    Warm

    Typical high / low
    31° / 19°
    Rain in the month
    10 mm
    Open brief for Bangkok

  6. Number 6

    Phuket

    Thailand

    Comfort 84 out of 100

    Wet

    Typical high / low
    28° / 26°
    Rain in the month
    137 mm
    Open brief for Phuket

  7. Number 7

    Siem Reap

    Cambodia

    Comfort 83 out of 100

    Warm

    Typical high / low
    32° / 20°
    Rain in the month
    7 mm
    Open brief for Siem Reap

  8. Number 8

    Kathmandu

    Nepal

    Comfort 81 out of 100

    Cool

    Typical high / low
    14° / 4°
    Rain in the month
    6 mm
    Open brief for Kathmandu

  9. Number 9

    Maldives

    Maldives

    Comfort 79 out of 100

    Wet

    Typical high / low
    28° / 27°
    Rain in the month
    180 mm
    Open brief for Maldives

  10. Number 10

    Colombo

    Sri Lanka

    Comfort 78 out of 100

    Wet

    Typical high / low
    28° / 23°
    Rain in the month
    175 mm
    Open brief for Colombo

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.