Climate averages 1991–2020
Bundaberg weather
in December.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Bundaberg: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 97 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sunshine Coast (212 km away). In December its highs average 27.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Bundaberg, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Bundaberg ranks joint 5th of 32 for the warmest December highs and 21st of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Bundaberg is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 97 mm to 113 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
Bundaberg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 113 | 12.7 | 13.513 h |
| February | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 13.3 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 98 | 11.6 | 12.212 h |
| April | 26.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 55 | 8.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 52 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 5.4 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 28 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 27 | 3.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 25 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 57 | 5.9 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 51 | 7.6 | 13.313 h |
| December, selected | 29.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 97 | 10.2 | 13.614 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
- Sunshine Coast in DecemberAustralia · 212 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 229 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Rockhampton in DecemberAustralia · 249 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 mm rain
- Brisbane in DecemberAustralia · 297 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Toowoomba in DecemberAustralia · 302 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Logan City in DecemberAustralia · 318 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Gold Coast in DecemberAustralia · 365 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Mackay in DecemberAustralia · 526 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 117 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 Bundaberg) is explained once on the Bundaberg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.