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Papeete in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Papeete is warm: highs near 85°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 10 minutes.December in Papeete is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, and daylight holds at about 13 hours 10 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 81% of days
Daylight
13h 10mon average

Is December a good time to visit Papeete?

A good month, just outside Papeete's best months, which run from July to September.

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 82°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in December, against 28°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

81% of days in December, against 40% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in December, against 35% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

13h 10m in December, against 11h 06m to 13h 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. November84°29°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. January85°29°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Papeete sits, in December

Pacific/Tahiti
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
5:18 AMsets 6:28 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
17.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Arue57 km north

The land around Papeete, 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 French Polynesia in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 18 km south of Papeete. 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, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (10 m) against the climate model's (234 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 (10 m) against the climate model's (234 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.