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Halifax in December

Chilly and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Halifax is chilly: highs near 42°F, lows near 29°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 52 minutes.December in Halifax is chilly: highs near 6°C, lows near -2°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 52 minutes.

High
42°F6°Caverage
Low
29°F-2°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 43% of days
Daylight
8h 52mon average

Is December a good time to visit Halifax?

December sits outside Halifax's best months, which run from July to September. Expect chilly days and rain or snow 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 42°F in December, against 35°F to 75°F through the year.Highs near 6°C in December, against 2°C to 24°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

43% of days in December, against 32% to 43% through the year.

Cloud cover

63% cover in December, against 46% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

8h 52m in December, against 8h 52m to 15h 30m 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. November51°11°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December42°6°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January37°3°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Halifax sits, in December

America/Halifax
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:44 AMsets 4:35 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
44.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
East Kemptville184 km west

The land around Halifax, 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 Canada in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Halifax. 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.