Climate averages 1991–2020
Phuket weather
in December.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a hot month in Phuket: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surat Thani (173 km away). In December its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Phuket, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 46 cities listed in Thailand, Phuket ranks 37th of 46 for the warmest December highs and 41st of 46 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 46 cities is 29.6°C; Phuket is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 81 mm to 45 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
Phuket climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 45 | 6.9 | 11.712 h |
| February | 28.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 21 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.3°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 78 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 125 | 17.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 266 | 25.1 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 257 | 22.6 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 253 | 23.5 | 12.513 h |
| August | 28.1°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 276 | 23.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 27.8°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 311 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 306 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.9°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 184 | 20.3 | 11.812 h |
| December, selected | 28.1°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 81 | 11.4 | 11.712 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
- Surat Thani in DecemberThailand · 173 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Nakhon Si Thammarat in DecemberThailand · 183 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 250 mm rain
- Ban Mai in DecemberThailand · 249 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 338 mm rain
- Hat Yai in DecemberThailand · 249 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 277 mm rain
- Alor Setar in DecemberMalaysia · 293 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Pendang in DecemberMalaysia · 312 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 160 mm rain
- Lhokseumawe in DecemberIndonesia · 331 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 24.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Kota Kuala Muda in DecemberMalaysia · 336 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 167 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 Phuket) is explained once on the Phuket year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.