Climate · Willemstad

Willemstad in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Willemstad is warm: highs near 85°F, lows near 78°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 25 minutes.December in Willemstad is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 25 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
78°F26°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 69% of days
Daylight
11h 25mon average

Is December a good time to visit Willemstad?


A good month, just outside Willemstad's best months, which run from February to May.

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 84°F to 88°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 29°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

69% of days in December, against 30% to 83% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in December, against 51% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

11h 25m in December, against 11h 25m to 12h 49m 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. November86°30°low 79°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January84°29°low 77°low 25°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Willemstad sits, in December

America/Curacao

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:48 AMsets 6:13 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
12.1°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Willemstad, 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. Willemstad is our one place in Curaçao so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

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