Climate averages 1991–2020
Nouméa weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Nouméa: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Port-Vila (541 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Nouméa, with 132 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 139 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
Nouméa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 139 | 15.1 | 13.313 h |
| February | 28.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 143 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| March | 27.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 188 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 25.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 123 | 15.3 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 99 | 11.4 | 11.111 h |
| June | 22.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 78 | 9.6 | 10.811 h |
| July | 21.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 64 | 8.2 | 10.911 h |
| August | 21.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 66 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 23.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 48 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 38 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| November | 26.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 65 | 8.5 | 13.213 h |
| December, selected | 27.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 88 | 12.0 | 13.513 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
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 Nouméa) is explained once on the Nouméa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.