Where to travel in December
Every country we cover, ranked by how warm its main city is this month, with the rain that comes with it. The numbers are 30-year ERA5 averages (1995–2024) — the same ones charted on each country's weather guide, not a forecast.
| Country | City | Day | Night | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | Bangkok | 32 °C | 23 °C | 12 mm |
| Nicaragua | Managua | 31 °C | 23 °C | 17 mm |
| Ghana | Accra | 31 °C | 25 °C | 30 mm |
| Nigeria | Lagos | 31 °C | 25 °C | 28 mm |
| Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 30 °C | 24 °C | 179 mm |
| Cambodia | Phnom Penh | 30 °C | 23 °C | 31 mm |
| Tanzania | Dar es Salaam | 30 °C | 25 °C | 94 mm |
| Fiji | Nadi | 29.8 °C | 23.7 °C | 220 mm |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 29.4 °C | 24.2 °C | 108 mm |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 29 °C | 24 °C | 257 mm |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | 29 °C | 23 °C | 290 mm |
| Philippines | Manila | 29 °C | 24 °C | 111 mm |
| Sri Lanka | Colombo | 29 °C | 23 °C | 182 mm |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | 29 °C | 23 °C | 216 mm |
| El Salvador | San Salvador | 29 °C | 19 °C | 8 mm |
| Panama | Panama City | 29 °C | 24 °C | 111 mm |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 28 °C | 21 °C | 49 mm |
| Jamaica | Kingston | 28 °C | 23 °C | 42 mm |
| Singapore | Singapore | 28 °C | 24 °C | 316 mm |
| Laos | Vientiane | 27 °C | 17 °C | 5 mm |
| Maldives | Malé | 27 °C | 26 °C | 209 mm |
| Argentina | Buenos Aires | 27 °C | 19 °C | 86 mm |
| Chile | Santiago | 27 °C | 15 °C | 5 mm |
| Cuba | Havana | 27 °C | 21 °C | 29 mm |
| Belize | Belize City | 26 °C | 22 °C | 113 mm |
| United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 26 °C | 16 °C | 8 mm |
| Pakistan | Karachi | 26 °C | 16 °C | 3 mm |
| Oman | Muscat | 25 °C | 18 °C | 15 mm |
| Bangladesh | Dhaka | 25 °C | 14 °C | 16 mm |
| The Bahamas | Nassau | 25 °C | 22 °C | 42 mm |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa | 25 °C | 17 °C | 18 mm |
| Rwanda | Kigali | 24.9 °C | 14.3 °C | 95 mm |
| Uruguay | Montevideo | 24.1 °C | 17.9 °C | 80 mm |
| Guatemala | Guatemala City | 24 °C | 13 °C | 10 mm |
| Australia | Sydney | 24 °C | 18 °C | 57 mm |
| Peru | Lima | 24 °C | 18 °C | 7 mm |
| South Africa | Cape Town | 24 °C | 16 °C | 18 mm |
| Costa Rica | San Jose | 24 °C | 17 °C | 163 mm |
| Kenya | Nairobi | 24 °C | 15 °C | 56 mm |
| Qatar | Doha | 24 °C | 16 °C | 12 mm |
| India | Delhi | 22 °C | 9 °C | 7 mm |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | 22 °C | 16 °C | 20 mm |
| Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 21.7 °C | 8 °C | 5 mm |
| Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 21 °C | 9 °C | 10 mm |
| Mexico | Mexico City | 21 °C | 8 °C | 15 mm |
| Egypt | Cairo | 21 °C | 10 °C | 2 mm |
| Bahrain | Manama | 21 °C | 17 °C | 14 mm |
| New Zealand | Auckland | 20 °C | 15 °C | 103 mm |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | 20 °C | 12 °C | 28 mm |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 20 °C | 14 °C | 26 mm |
| Macao | Macao | 20 °C | 14 °C | 27 mm |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 19 °C | 15 °C | 97 mm |
| Colombia | Bogota | 19 °C | 10 °C | 77 mm |
| Morocco | Marrakech | 19 °C | 5 °C | 30 mm |
| Nepal | Kathmandu | 17 °C | 8 °C | 17 mm |
| Cyprus | Nicosia | 17 °C | 9 °C | 44 mm |
| Tunisia | Tunis | 16.7 °C | 9.7 °C | 48 mm |
| Bolivia | La Paz | 16 °C | 6 °C | 110 mm |
| Ecuador | Quito | 16 °C | 9 °C | 315 mm |
| Malta | Valletta | 16 °C | 14 °C | 62 mm |
| Portugal | Lisbon | 15 °C | 10 °C | 88 mm |
| Greece | Athens | 14 °C | 7 °C | 71 mm |
| Jordan | Amman | 14 °C | 6 °C | 30 mm |
| Italy | Rome | 13 °C | 5 °C | 101 mm |
| Vatican City | Vatican City | 13 °C | 5 °C | 104 mm |
| Albania | Tirana | 12 °C | 4 °C | 148 mm |
| Monaco | Monaco | 12 °C | 6 °C | 88 mm |
| Japan | Tokyo | 11 °C | 2 °C | 62 mm |
| Turkey | Istanbul | 11 °C | 6 °C | 97 mm |
| Spain | Madrid | 10 °C | 2 °C | 48 mm |
| Montenegro | Podgorica | 10 °C | 2 °C | 281 mm |
| Azerbaijan | Baku | 9 °C | 6 °C | 32 mm |
| San Marino | San Marino | 9 °C | 2 °C | 86 mm |
| France | Paris | 8 °C | 2 °C | 71 mm |
| United Kingdom | London | 8 °C | 3 °C | 60 mm |
| Ireland | Dublin | 8 °C | 4 °C | 77 mm |
| Andorra | Andorra la Vella | 8 °C | -1 °C | 60 mm |
| Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 7 °C | -4 °C | 52 mm |
| Belgium | Brussels | 7 °C | 2 °C | 73 mm |
| North Macedonia | Skopje | 7 °C | 0 °C | 62 mm |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | 6 °C | 3 °C | 73 mm |
| Georgia | Tbilisi | 6 °C | -3 °C | 27 mm |
| United States | New York | 6 °C | -1 °C | 103 mm |
| Serbia | Belgrade | 6 °C | -1 °C | 56 mm |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 6 °C | -2 °C | 107 mm |
| Liechtenstein | Vaduz | 6 °C | -3 °C | 130 mm |
| Armenia | Yerevan | 5 °C | -4 °C | 30 mm |
| Croatia | Zagreb | 5 °C | -1 °C | 68 mm |
| Switzerland | Zurich | 5 °C | 0 °C | 95 mm |
| Romania | Bucharest | 5 °C | -2 °C | 48 mm |
| Bulgaria | Sofia | 5 °C | -2 °C | 53 mm |
| Slovenia | Ljubljana | 5 °C | -2 °C | 94 mm |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 5 °C | -1 °C | 56 mm |
| Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | 5 °C | 0 °C | 82 mm |
| Czechia | Prague | 4 °C | -1 °C | 41 mm |
| Germany | Berlin | 4 °C | 0 °C | 47 mm |
| Austria | Vienna | 4 °C | -1 °C | 40 mm |
| Hungary | Budapest | 4 °C | -2 °C | 47 mm |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | 4 °C | 1 °C | 54 mm |
| Slovakia | Bratislava | 4 °C | -1 °C | 40 mm |
| China | Beijing | 3 °C | -6 °C | 3 mm |
| South Korea | Seoul | 3 °C | -5 °C | 21 mm |
| Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 3 °C | -8 °C | 41 mm |
| Canada | Toronto | 3 °C | -3 °C | 66 mm |
| Moldova | Chisinau | 3 °C | -2 °C | 37 mm |
| Kazakhstan | Almaty | 2 °C | -7 °C | 30 mm |
| Poland | Warsaw | 2 °C | -2 °C | 43 mm |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | 2 °C | -3 °C | 131 mm |
| Sweden | Stockholm | 1 °C | -2 °C | 46 mm |
| Latvia | Riga | 1 °C | -3 °C | 50 mm |
| Finland | Helsinki | 0 °C | -3 °C | 59 mm |
| Estonia | Tallinn | 0 °C | -3 °C | 52 mm |
| Lithuania | Vilnius | 0 °C | -4 °C | 49 mm |
| Norway | Oslo | -1 °C | -5 °C | 65 mm |