Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakersfield weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the coolest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Bakersfield: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Visalia (109 km away). In December its highs average 13.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bakersfield, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Bakersfield ranks joint 142nd of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 122nd of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Bakersfield is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 mm to 47 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
Bakersfield climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 16.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 49 | 7.8 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.3°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 48 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 27 | 4.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.3°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 9.8 | 2.1 | 14.014 h |
| June | 32.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 35.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14.314 h |
| August | 35.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 31.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 25.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.0°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 26 | 4.7 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 48 | 6.9 | 9.810 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
- Visalia in DecemberUnited States · 109 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.5°C · 74 mm rain
- Valencia, United States in DecemberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Lancaster in DecemberUnited States · 110 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Santa Clarita in DecemberUnited States · 117 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 4.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Palmdale in DecemberUnited States · 121 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.1°C · 47 mm rain
- Santa Barbara in DecemberUnited States · 123 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.1°C · 61 mm rain
- Ventura in DecemberUnited States · 124 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Simi Valley in DecemberUnited States · 125 kmHigh 17.4°C · Low 5.9°C · 58 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 Bakersfield) is explained once on the Bakersfield year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.