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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.

6 of 6 well-known places suit December.

Places for December

  1. Number 1

    Melbourne

    Australia

    Comfort 96 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    26° / 11°
    Rain in the month
    58 mm
    Open brief for Melbourne

  2. Number 2

    Auckland

    New Zealand

    Comfort 95 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    21° / 16°
    Rain in the month
    69 mm
    Open brief for Auckland

  3. Number 3

    Sydney

    Australia

    Comfort 93 out of 100

    Pleasant

    Typical high / low
    27° / 17°
    Rain in the month
    80 mm
    Open brief for Sydney

  4. Number 4

    Papeete

    French Polynesia

    Comfort 73 out of 100

    Wet

    Typical high / low
    28° / 27°
    Rain in the month
    218 mm
    Open brief for Papeete

  5. Number 5

    Cairns

    Australia

    Comfort 73 out of 100

    Wet

    Typical high / low
    29° / 24°
    Rain in the month
    185 mm
    Open brief for Cairns

  6. Number 6

    Nadi

    Fiji

    Comfort 72 out of 100

    Wet

    Typical high / low
    29° / 26°
    Rain in the month
    200 mm
    Open brief for Nadi

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.