Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Prince George: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In December its highs average -6.9°C, 3.9°C cooler than Prince George, with 22 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks 74th of 86 for the warmest December highs and 12th of 86 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 86 cities is 0.2°C; Prince George is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to -3.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 46 mm to 54 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December, selected | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Grande Prairie in DecemberCanada · 290 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -14.4°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Kamloops in DecemberCanada · 397 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.6°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Kelowna in DecemberCanada · 501 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.1°C · 66 mm precipitation
- North Vancouver in DecemberCanada · 512 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 307 mm rain
- Coquitlam in DecemberCanada · 515 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 330 mm rain
- Burnaby in DecemberCanada · 517 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 307 mm rain
- Vancouver in DecemberCanada · 520 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 307 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in DecemberCanada · 522 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 378 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.