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New Orleans in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in New Orleans is mild: highs near 68°F, lows near 52°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 15 minutes.December in New Orleans is mild: highs near 20°C, lows near 11°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 15 minutes.

High
68°F20°Caverage
Low
52°F11°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
10h 15mon average

Is December a good time to visit New Orleans?

A good month, just outside New Orleans's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November.

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 68°F in December, against 65°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 20°C in December, against 18°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in December, against 26% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in December, against 33% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

10h 15m in December, against 10h 15m to 14h 02m 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. November74°23°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December68°20°low 52°low 11°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January65°18°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where New Orleans sits, in December

America/Chicago
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:48 AMsets 5:02 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
30.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Houston510 km west

The land around New Orleans, 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 United States in December

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

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