Climate averages 1991–2020
Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Logan City (51 km away). In December its highs average 27.7°C, 1.7°C warmer than Gold Coast, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Gold Coast ranks 16th of 32 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Gold Coast is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 130 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
Gold Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 130 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 150 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 116 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 97 | 10.7 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 94 | 9.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 6.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 47 | 5.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 40 | 5.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 75 | 8.7 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 82 | 9.2 | 13.513 h |
| December, selected | 26.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 11.1 | 13.914 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 · 51 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Brisbane in DecemberAustralia · 71 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 137 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Toowoomba in DecemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in DecemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in DecemberAustralia · 257 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Bundaberg in DecemberAustralia · 365 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Maitland in DecemberAustralia · 556 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 71 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 Gold Coast) is explained once on the Gold Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.