Climate averages 1991–2020
Hobart weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Hobart: daytime highs average 19.8°C and nights cool to about 10.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 16 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Launceston (161 km away). In December its highs average 21.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Hobart, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Hobart ranks 32nd of 32 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Hobart is 6.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 48 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
Hobart climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 14.915 h |
| February | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 44 | 7.6 | 13.814 h |
| March | 19.7°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 45 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| April | 16.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 47 | 8.7 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.710 h |
| June | 12.0°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 46 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| July | 11.6°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 10.5 | 9.39 h |
| August | 12.3°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 58 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| September | 14.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 53 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.213 h |
| November | 17.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.5 | 14.515 h |
| December, selected | 19.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 58 | 9.8 | 15.315 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
- Launceston in DecemberAustralia · 161 kmHigh 21.0°C · Low 10.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Geelong in DecemberAustralia · 583 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Melbourne in DecemberAustralia · 598 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Ballarat in DecemberAustralia · 660 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Bendigo in DecemberAustralia · 729 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Sydney in DecemberAustralia · 1057 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 60 mm rain
- Adelaide in DecemberAustralia · 1162 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Newcastle, Australia in DecemberAustralia · 1173 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 70 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 Hobart) is explained once on the Hobart year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.