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Whistler in December

Cold and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Whistler is cold: highs near 36°F, lows near 21°F. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 8 minutes.December in Whistler is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -6°C. Rain or snow falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 8 minutes.

High
36°F2°Caverage
Low
21°F-6°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 65% of days
Daylight
8h 08mon average

Is December a good time to visit Whistler?

December sits outside Whistler's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow 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 36°F in December, against 36°F to 78°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in December, against 2°C to 26°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

65% of days in December, against 34% to 66% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in December, against 46% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

8h 08m in December, against 8h 08m to 16h 18m 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. November43°6°low 27°low -3°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December36°2°low 21°low -6°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January37°3°low 21°low -6°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Whistler sits, in December

America/Vancouver
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
9:04 AMsets 5:10 PM
Above the sea
670 mupland
Latitude
50.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Vancouver96 km south

The land around Whistler, 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 Whistler

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Whistler. 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 (670 m) against the climate model's (1,317 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 (670 m) against the climate model's (1,317 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.