Your holiday weather, at a glance

Australia in December: where is it warmest?

In December, Alice Springs is the warmest place with 35 °C by day, Hobart the coolest with 21 °C. 21 of 24 destinations have good holiday weather.

All destinations in December, warmest first

Long-term averages for the month: daytime high, sea, sunshine and rainy days.

Place	Score	Air	Sea	Sun	Rain days
Alice Springs	49	35°	–	10 h	5
Broome	78	34°	30°	8 h	9
Coober Pedy	50	34°	–	10 h	3
Darwin	68	32°	31°	7 h	25
Airlie Beach (Whitsundays)	91	31°	28°	10 h	11
Townsville	57	31°	29°	9 h	13
Perth	86	29°	21°	12 h	2
Mackay	83	28°	28°	8 h	13
Toowoomba	83	28°	–	9 h	9
Cairns	78	28°	29°	8 h	17
Brisbane	80	27°	–	9 h	12
Sunshine Coast	79	27°	25°	9 h	13
Adelaide	100	26°	20°	10 h	4
Gold Coast (Surfers Paradise)	89	26°	25°	9 h	12
Byron Bay	87	26°	25°	9 h	13
Newcastle	84	26°	21°	8 h	10
Canberra	94	25°	–	9 h	7
Melbourne	91	24°	19°	9 h	7
Sydney	85	24°	22°	8 h	9
Wollongong	82	23°	22°	8 h	11
Port Lincoln	63	22°	18°	9 h	4
Geelong	92	21°	17°	8 h	7
Launceston	90	21°	–	10 h	9
Hobart	85	21°	15°	8 h	10

Australia in December: where is it warmest?

The warmest places in December are Alice Springs (35 °C), Broome (34 °C) and Coober Pedy (34 °C).

Australia in December: where is the sea warmest?

The sea is warmest at Darwin (31 °C), Broome (30 °C) and Townsville (29 °C).

Australia in December: where is the weather best?

The best holiday weather in December – warm, sunny and dry – is in Adelaide, Canberra and Geelong.

Climate averages 1996–2025, not a forecast. Data: Copernicus ERA5 / ERA5-Land via Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0), NOAA OISST, WMO 1991–2020 (NOAA NCEI), GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sources & licences