Climate averages 1991–2020
Rockhampton weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Rockhampton: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bundaberg (249 km away). In December its highs average 29.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Rockhampton, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Rockhampton ranks joint 2nd of 32 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Rockhampton is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 99 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
Rockhampton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 99 | 10.8 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 122 | 11.7 | 12.913 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 75 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 37 | 4.2 | 11.612 h |
| May | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 29 | 3.2 | 11.011 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 29 | 3.3 | 10.711 h |
| July | 22.2°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 24 | 2.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 23.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 22 | 2.3 | 11.311 h |
| September | 26.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 20 | 2.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 35 | 4.7 | 12.613 h |
| November | 29.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 50 | 6.1 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 85 | 9.5 | 13.514 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
- Bundaberg in DecemberAustralia · 249 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Mackay in DecemberAustralia · 283 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in DecemberAustralia · 447 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 463 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Toowoomba in DecemberAustralia · 487 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Brisbane in DecemberAustralia · 520 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Logan City in DecemberAustralia · 541 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Gold Coast in DecemberAustralia · 591 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 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 Rockhampton) is explained once on the Rockhampton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.