Climate averages 1991–2020
Virginia Beach weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Virginia Beach: daytime highs average 10.8°C and nights cool to about 5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Norfolk (27 km away). In December its highs average 11.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Virginia Beach, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Virginia Beach ranks joint 254th of 498 for the warmest December highs and joint 360th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Virginia Beach is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 8.4°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 96 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
Virginia Beach climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| February | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 84 | 9.7 | 10.811 h |
| March | 12.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 101 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 84 | 9.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 21.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 89 | 10.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 26.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 88 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 117 | 13.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 27.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 109 | 12.4 | 13.614 h |
| September | 25.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 114 | 10.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 96 | 8.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 14.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 94 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 10.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 96 | 9.6 | 9.710 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
- Norfolk in DecemberUnited States · 27 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Portsmouth Heights in DecemberUnited States · 35 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 mm rain
- East Hampton in DecemberUnited States · 38 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Newport News in DecemberUnited States · 43 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 88 mm rain
- Suffolk in DecemberUnited States · 56 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Richmond in DecemberUnited States · 153 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 1.1°C · 89 mm rain
- Greenville in DecemberUnited States · 186 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 3.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Alexandria, United States in DecemberUnited States · 236 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.5°C · 87 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 Virginia Beach) is explained once on the Virginia Beach year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.