Climate averages 1991–2020
Brisbane weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Brisbane: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (21 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 0.6°C cooler than Brisbane, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Brisbane ranks 7th of 32 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Brisbane is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brisbane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 122 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 128 | 12.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 93 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 43 | 8.4 | 11.511 h |
| May | 22.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 60 | 7.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 52 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.5°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 36 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 35 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 72 | 8.2 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 84 | 9.7 | 13.513 h |
| December, selected | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 110 | 11.4 | 13.814 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Logan City in DecemberAustralia · 21 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Gold Coast in DecemberAustralia · 71 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 74 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in DecemberAustralia · 90 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Toowoomba in DecemberAustralia · 106 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Bundaberg in DecemberAustralia · 297 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in DecemberAustralia · 315 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Rockhampton in DecemberAustralia · 520 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brisbane) is explained once on the Brisbane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.