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Whitsundays in December

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 85°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 20 minutes.December in Whitsundays is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 20 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 39% of days
Daylight
13h 20mon average

Is December a good time to visit Whitsundays?

December sits outside Whitsundays's best months, which run from July to October. Expect warm days and rain on about three days a week.

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 85°F in December, against 73°F to 85°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 23°C to 29°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

39% of days in December, against 16% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

53% cover in December, against 30% to 64% through the year.

Daylight

13h 20m in December, against 10h 55m to 13h 20m 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. November82°28°low 75°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 77°low 25°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January85°29°low 78°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Whitsundays sits, in December

Australia/Brisbane
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:19 AMsets 6:40 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
20.3°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Cairns499 km north-west

The land around Whitsundays, 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 Whitsundays

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 9 km east of Whitsundays. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.