Climate averages 1991–2020
Launceston weather
in December.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Launceston: daytime highs average 21.0°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 15 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hobart (161 km away). In December its highs average 19.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Launceston, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Launceston ranks 31st of 32 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Launceston is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 2.1°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 54 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
Launceston climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 54 | 6.5 | 14.815 h |
| February | 22.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 46 | 6.5 | 13.714 h |
| March | 20.7°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 49 | 6.9 | 12.412 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 7.3 | 11.011 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 60 | 8.3 | 9.810 h |
| June | 11.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 61 | 9.1 | 9.29 h |
| July | 11.3°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.59 h |
| August | 12.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 81 | 11.1 | 10.510 h |
| September | 14.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.812 h |
| October | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 63 | 9.9 | 13.213 h |
| November | 18.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 9.5 | 14.414 h |
| December, selected | 21.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 57 | 8.1 | 15.115 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
- Hobart in DecemberAustralia · 161 kmHigh 19.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Geelong in DecemberAustralia · 436 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 12.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Melbourne in DecemberAustralia · 444 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Ballarat in DecemberAustralia · 515 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 10.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Bendigo in DecemberAustralia · 576 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 13.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Tuggeranong in DecemberAustralia · 690 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Canberra in DecemberAustralia · 706 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Sydney in DecemberAustralia · 915 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 60 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 Launceston) is explained once on the Launceston year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.