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Gold Coast in December

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 70°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 53 minutes.December in Gold Coast is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 21°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 53 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
70°F21°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
13h 53mon average

Is December a good time to visit Gold Coast?

A good month, just outside Gold Coast's best months, which run from June to September.

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 82°F in December, against 69°F to 83°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in December, against 21°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in December, against 19% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in December, against 19% to 39% through the year.

Daylight

13h 53m in December, against 10h 24m to 13h 53m 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. November80°27°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December82°28°low 70°low 21°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January83°28°low 72°low 22°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Gold Coast sits, in December

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
4:44 AMsets 6:38 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.0°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Brisbane70 km north-west

The land around Gold Coast, 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 Gold Coast

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gold Coast. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.