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Palm Beach in December

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Palm Beach is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 29 minutes.December in Palm Beach is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 10 hours 29 minutes.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 28% of days
Daylight
10h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit Palm Beach?

Yes. December is one of Palm Beach's best months (December to March).

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 78°F in December, against 77°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in December, against 25°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

28% of days in December, against 22% to 87% through the year.

Cloud cover

41% cover in December, against 37% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

10h 29m in December, against 10h 29m to 13h 47m 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. November81°27°low 69°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December78°26°low 65°low 18°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January77°25°low 62°low 17°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Palm Beach sits, in December

America/New York
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:01 AMsets 5:30 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
26.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Miami104 km south

The land around Palm Beach, 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 Palm Beach

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km west of Palm Beach. 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.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.