Australia weather in December 2024

Expect 26°C daytime maximum temperatures in the shade with on average 8 hours of sunshine per day in Australia in December. Check more long-term weather averages for Australia in December before you book your next holiday to Australia in 2024/2025.

• 26
  26°C max day temperature
• 8
  8 hours of sunshine per day
• 10
  10 days with some rainfall
• 18
  18°C min night temperature
• 14
  14 hours of daylight per day
• L
  Low heat & humidity
• 86
  86 mm of monthly rainfall
• 11
  11+ (Extreme) UV index
• 21
  21°C sea temperature

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The December weather guide for Australia (Sydney) shows long term weather averages processed from data supplied by CRU (University of East Anglia), the Met Office & the Netherlands Meteorological Institute. Find out more about our data sources.

Top Australia destinations

Below are average maximum temperatures at popular countries, regions and places in Australia in December. Select a holiday destination to see more weather parameters.

• 36
  Uluru (Ayers Rock)
• 31
  Cairns
• 29
  Brisbane
• 28
  Perth
• 26
  Adelaide
• 26
  Sydney
• 24
  Melbourne
• 18
  Tasmania

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• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Victoria
• Western Australia

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All Australia destinations

• Adelaide, South Australia
• Airlie Beach, Queensland
• Albany, Western Australia
• Albury, New South Wales
• Alice Springs, Northern Territory
• Apollo Bay, Victoria
• Ballarat, Victoria
• Batemans Bay, New South Wales
• Bendigo, Victoria
• Birdsville, Queensland
• Bourke, New South Wales
• Brisbane, Queensland
• Broken Hill, New South Wales
• Broome, Western Australia
• Byron Bay, New South Wales
• Cairns, Queensland
• Canberra, A.C.T.
• Ceduna, South Australia
• Charleville, Queensland
• Clifton Hills, South Australia
• Cobar, New South Wales
• Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
• Coober Pedy, South Australia
• Cooma, New South Wales
• Currie, Tasmania
• Daly Waters, Northern Territory
• Darwin, Northern Territory
• Dubbo, New South Wales
• Esperance, Western Australia
• Eucla, Western Australia
• Exmouth, Western Australia
• Fraser Island, Queensland
• Geelong, Victoria
• Genoa, Victoria
• Geraldton, Western Australia
• Giles, Western Australia
• Gold Coast, Queensland
• Halls Creek, Western Australia
• Hamilton Island, Queensland
• Hay, New South Wales
• Hobart, Tasmania
• Jabiru, Northern Territory
• Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
• Karumba, Queensland
• Katherine, Northern Territory
• Katoomba, New South Wales
• Kununurra, Western Australia
• Lakes Entrance, Victoria
• Launceston, Tasmania
• Leigh Creek, South Australia
• Lizard Island, Queensland
• Lockhart River, Queensland
• Longreach, Queensland
• Lord Howe Island, New South Wales
• Margaret River, Western Australia
• Melbourne, Victoria
• Mildura, Victoria
• Monkey Mia, Western Australia
• Moree, New South Wales
• Mount Gambier, South Australia
• Mount Isa, Queensland
• Noosa, Queensland
• Omeo, Victoria
• Palm Cove, Queensland
• Paraburdoo, Western Australia
• Perth, Western Australia
• Port Augusta, South Australia
• Port Douglas, Queensland
• Port Fairy, Victoria
• Port Hedland, Western Australia
• Port Lincoln, South Australia
• Strahan, Tasmania
• Sunshine Coast, Queensland
• Swan Hill, Victoria
• Sydney, New South Wales
• Tamworth, New South Wales
• Tennant Creek, Northern Territory
• Thursday Island, Queensland
• Tibooburra, New South Wales
• Tidal River, Victoria
• Townsville, Queensland
• Uluru, Northern Territory
• Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• Wangaratta, Victoria
• Weipa, Queensland
• Whitemark, Tasmania

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