Climate · North Island

North Island in December

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in North Island is warm, around 80°F through the day and night. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 22 minutes.December in North Island is warm, around 27°C through the day and night. Rain falls on about five days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 22 minutes.

Typical
80°F27°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 78% of days
Daylight
12h 22mon average

Is December a good time to visit North Island?


A good month, just outside North Island's best months, which run from July to October.

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

Around 80°F in December, against 78°F to 82°F through the year.Around 27°C in December, against 26°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

78% of days in December, against 51% to 78% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in December, against 62% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

12h 22m in December, against 11h 52m to 12h 22m 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. November80°27°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. December80°27°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January80°27°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where North Island sits, in December

Indian/Mahe

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:03 AMsets 6:25 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
4.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Victoria34 km south-east

The land around North Island, 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 Seychelles in December

typical · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024). North Island sits on a grid square that is mostly sea, where the data hold only a daily average, so the page shows one typical temperature, not a high and a low. 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.