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Scottsdale in December

Mild and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Scottsdale is mild: highs near 64°F, lows near 39°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 57 minutes.December in Scottsdale is mild: highs near 18°C, lows near 4°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 57 minutes.

High
64°F18°Caverage
Low
39°F4°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 13% of days
Daylight
9h 57mon average

Is December a good time to visit Scottsdale?

December sits outside Scottsdale's best months, which run in two parts: March to April, or November. Expect mild days and rain on about one day a week.

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 64°F in December, against 64°F to 104°F through the year.Highs near 18°C in December, against 18°C to 40°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

13% of days in December, against 1% to 15% through the year.

Cloud cover

37% cover in December, against 17% to 40% through the year.

Daylight

9h 57m in December, against 9h 57m to 14h 21m 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. November76°24°low 47°low 8°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.
  2. December64°18°low 39°low 4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January64°18°low 38°low 3°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Scottsdale sits, in December

America/Phoenix
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:25 AMsets 5:20 PM
Above the sea
780 mupland
Latitude
33.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Morristown55 km north-west

The land around Scottsdale, 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 Scottsdale

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Scottsdale. 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 (780 m) against the climate model's (607 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 (780 m) against the climate model's (607 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.