Climate averages 1991–2020
Toowoomba weather
in December.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Toowoomba: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brisbane (106 km away). In December its highs average 28.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Toowoomba, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 32 cities listed in Australia, Toowoomba ranks 12th of 32 for the warmest December highs and 22nd of 32 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 32 cities is 26.0°C; Toowoomba is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 92 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
Toowoomba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 92 | 10.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 93 | 8.8 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 60 | 7.1 | 12.312 h |
| April | 22.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 22 | 3.9 | 11.511 h |
| May | 19.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 37 | 3.9 | 10.811 h |
| June | 16.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 32 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 16.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 22 | 3.6 | 10.611 h |
| August | 18.3°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 28 | 3.5 | 11.111 h |
| September | 21.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 29 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 66 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.2°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 8.2 | 13.513 h |
| December, selected | 27.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 103 | 10.0 | 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
- Brisbane in DecemberAustralia · 106 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Logan City in DecemberAustralia · 114 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Caloundra in DecemberAustralia · 143 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Sunshine Coast in DecemberAustralia · 150 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Gold Coast in DecemberAustralia · 153 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Bundaberg in DecemberAustralia · 302 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 97 mm rain
- Coffs Harbour in DecemberAustralia · 324 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 150 mm rain
- Rockhampton in DecemberAustralia · 487 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 Toowoomba) is explained once on the Toowoomba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.