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Falls Creek in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Falls Creek is mild: highs near 66°F, lows near 44°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 39 minutes.December in Falls Creek is mild: highs near 19°C, lows near 7°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 14 hours 39 minutes.

High
66°F19°Caverage
Low
44°F7°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
14h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Falls Creek?

A good month, just outside Falls Creek's best months, which run from January to February.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 66°F in December, against 42°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 19°C in December, against 6°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in December, against 28% to 50% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in December, against 33% to 60% through the year.

Daylight

14h 39m in December, against 9h 41m to 14h 39m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November62°17°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December66°19°low 44°low 7°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January72°22°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Falls Creek sits, in December

Australia/Melbourne
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:46 AMsets 8:26 PM
Above the sea
1,600 mhigh country
Latitude
36.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Melbourne230 km south-west

The land around Falls Creek, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Australia in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Falls Creek

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Falls Creek. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (1,503 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,600 m) against the climate model's (1,503 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.