Climate averages 1991–2020
Sunshine Coast weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd 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 Sunshine Coast: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caloundra (17 km away). In December its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Sunshine Coast, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Sunshine Coast ranks 13th of 32 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Sunshine Coast is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 123 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
Sunshine Coast climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 123 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 150 | 15.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 122 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| April | 23.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 69 | 12.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 77 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 62 | 8.3 | 10.510 h |
| July | 19.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 34 | 5.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 43 | 5.1 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 80 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| November | 25.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 82 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| December, selected | 27.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 117 | 12.0 | 13.814 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
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 17 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Brisbane in DecemberAustralia · 90 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Logan City in DecemberAustralia · 109 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Toowoomba in DecemberAustralia · 150 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Gold Coast in DecemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Bundaberg in DecemberAustralia · 212 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in DecemberAustralia · 405 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Rockhampton in DecemberAustralia · 447 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 85 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 Sunshine Coast) is explained once on the Sunshine Coast year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Caloundra lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.