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Orlando in December

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Orlando is warm: highs near 76°F, lows near 57°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 22 minutes.December in Orlando is warm: highs near 24°C, lows near 14°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 22 minutes.

High
76°F24°Caverage
Low
57°F14°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 18% of days
Daylight
10h 22mon average

Is December a good time to visit Orlando?

Yes. December is one of Orlando's best months (November to February).

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 76°F in December, against 73°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 24°C in December, against 23°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

18% of days in December, against 18% to 79% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in December, against 39% to 65% through the year.

Daylight

10h 22m in December, against 10h 22m to 13h 55m 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°low 62°low 17°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December76°24°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January73°23°low 53°low 12°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Orlando sits, in December

America/New York
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:11 AMsets 5:32 PM
Above the sea
20 mlow-lying
Latitude
28.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Palm Beach241 km south-east

The land around Orlando, 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 Orlando

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