Climate · Nassau

Nassau in December

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Nassau is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 36 minutes.December in Nassau is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 36 minutes.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 34% of days
Daylight
10h 36mon average

Is December a good time to visit Nassau?


A good month, just outside Nassau's best months, which run from January to April.

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 80°F in December, against 78°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in December, against 26°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

34% of days in December, against 23% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

39% cover in December, against 33% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

10h 36m in December, against 10h 36m to 13h 40m 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.

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  1. November82°28°low 75°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December80°27°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January78°26°low 70°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Nassau sits, in December

America/Nassau

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:47 AMsets 5:22 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
25.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Andros Great Barrier Reef62 km south-west

The land around Nassau, 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 Bahamas in December

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 7 km west of Nassau. 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.