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Palm Springs in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Palm Springs is mild: highs near 70°F, lows near 46°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 56 minutes.December in Palm Springs is mild: highs near 21°C, lows near 8°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 56 minutes.

High
70°F21°Caverage
Low
46°F8°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
9h 56mon average

Is December a good time to visit Palm Springs?

A good month, just outside Palm Springs's best months, which run in two parts: March, 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 70°F in December, against 70°F to 108°F through the year.Highs near 21°C in December, against 21°C to 42°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in December, against 1% to 17% through the year.

Cloud cover

40% cover in December, against 13% to 41% through the year.

Daylight

9h 56m in December, against 9h 56m to 14h 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°low 53°low 12°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December70°21°low 46°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January70°21°low 46°low 8°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Palm Springs sits, in December

America/Los Angeles
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:44 AMsets 4:39 PM
Above the sea
129 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.8°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Rancho Santa Fe108 km south-west

The land around Palm Springs, 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 Springs

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Palm Springs. 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 (129 m) against the climate model's (505 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 (129 m) against the climate model's (505 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.