Climate averages 1991–2020
Coffs Harbour weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Coffs Harbour: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gold Coast (257 km away). In December its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Coffs Harbour, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Coffs Harbour ranks 18th of 32 for the warmest December highs and 31st of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Coffs Harbour is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 160 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
Coffs Harbour climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.5°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 160 | 15.5 | 13.914 h |
| February | 26.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 166 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 163 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 78 | 12.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 74 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 81 | 7.4 | 10.210 h |
| July | 17.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.410 h |
| August | 19.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 88 | 10.5 | 12.813 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 131 | 14.1 | 13.614 h |
| December, selected | 25.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 150 | 15.8 | 14.114 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
- Gold Coast in DecemberAustralia · 257 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Logan City in DecemberAustralia · 295 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Maitland in DecemberAustralia · 309 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Brisbane in DecemberAustralia · 315 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in DecemberAustralia · 319 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Toowoomba in DecemberAustralia · 324 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Central Coast in DecemberAustralia · 385 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 388 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°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 Coffs Harbour) is explained once on the Coffs Harbour year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.