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Port of Spain in December

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Port of Spain is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 31 minutes.December in Port of Spain is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 31 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 71% of days
Daylight
11h 31mon average

Is December a good time to visit Port of Spain?

A good month, just outside Port of Spain's best months, which run from February to April.

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 85°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

71% of days in December, against 26% to 89% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in December, against 59% to 70% through the year.

Daylight

11h 31m in December, against 11h 31m to 12h 44m 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 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. December85°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. January85°29°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Port of Spain sits, in December

America/Port of Spain
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:16 AMsets 5:46 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
10.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Port of Spain, 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. Port of Spain is our one place in Trinidad & Tobago so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Port of Spain

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Port of Spain. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (114 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (114 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.