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Vancouver in December

Chilly and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Vancouver is chilly: highs near 45°F, lows near 35°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 15 minutes.December in Vancouver is chilly: highs near 7°C, lows near 2°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 15 minutes.

High
45°F7°Caverage
Low
35°F2°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 66% of days
Daylight
8h 15mon average

Is December a good time to visit Vancouver?

December sits outside Vancouver's best months, which run from July to August. Expect chilly days and rain on about five 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 45°F in December, against 45°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 7°C in December, against 7°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

66% of days in December, against 22% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

76% cover in December, against 44% to 76% through the year.

Daylight

8h 15m in December, against 8h 15m to 16h 10m 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. November52°11°low 40°low 4°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December45°7°low 35°low 2°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January46°8°low 34°low 1°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Vancouver sits, in December

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
9:01 AMsets 5:14 PM
Above the sea
50 mlow-lying
Latitude
49.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Whistler96 km north

The land around Vancouver, 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 Vancouver

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Vancouver. 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 (50 m) against the climate model's (168 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 (50 m) against the climate model's (168 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.