December Country Weather Comparison

This page compares the average December temperature and precipitation in all 196 sovereign countries of the world and Greenland between 1991–2020. It is based on data from the Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia. Click here for notes.
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Country Average °(F) Monthly (inches)
High Low Precipitation
Afghanistan 47.6 25.4 1.2
Albania 47.4 34.4 5.8
Algeria 68.5 44.3 0.4
Andorra 41.6 28.5 3.4
Angola 83.1 63.2 6.5
Antigua and Barbuda 84.6 74.2 4.2
Argentina 82.1 57.4 2.9
Armenia 34.4 19.3 1.0
Australia 93.2 68.3 2.4
Austria 34.9 24.5 2.7
Azerbaijan 44.8 31.7 1.1
Bahamas 80.3 68.2 2.0
Bahrain 74.2 62.2 0.7
Bangladesh 78.7 57.5 0.3
Barbados 84.9 72.7 6.1
Belarus 30.7 23.1 1.7
Belgium 44.5 34.8 3.5
Belize 81.4 68.1 4.9
Benin 93.9 67.6 0.1
Bhutan 44.6 15.3 0.1
Bolivia 83.4 63.4 6.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 40.7 29.1 4.1
Botswana 92.0 67.1 2.7
Brazil 88.1 70.3 7.8
Brunei 87.7 75.2 13.7
Bulgaria 40.7 29.1 2.2
Burkina Faso 92.6 65.2 0.0
Burundi 77.8 57.7 5.8
Cambodia 86.3 69.7 1.2
Cameroon 86.8 63.9 0.7
Canada 7.6 -7.2 1.5
Cape Verde 79.2 67.3 0.3
Central African Republic 90.9 61.0 0.2
Chad 87.0 56.2 0.0
Chile 63.0 45.4 2.7
China 33.4 12.7 0.5
Colombia 85.8 69.0 5.8
Comoros 85.3 73.2 7.3
Costa Rica 83.2 69.7 6.4
Croatia 44.1 32.4 4.4
Cuba 83.2 67.1 1.8
Cyprus 61.5 46.2 4.4
Czech Republic 36.2 26.9 1.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo 85.2 66.3 6.0
Denmark 39.9 32.3 2.6
Djibouti 85.6 67.4 0.4
Dominica 85.7 72.0 8.1
Dominican Republic 84.0 65.9 4.2
East Timor 85.4 71.0 8.0
Ecuador 82.2 61.0 5.1
Egypt 71.6 47.2 0.2
El Salvador 87.0 64.4 0.4
Equatorial Guinea 83.8 70.4 5.8
Eritrea 85.5 61.5 0.4
Estonia 33.6 25.8 2.2
Eswatini 86.3 67.3 4.7
Ethiopia 84.5 56.9 0.5
Federated States of Micronesia 87.5 76.2 12.2
Fiji 86.3 72.0 11.0
Finland 26.3 14.5 1.9
France 46.6 36.1 3.4
Gabon 84.5 70.4 7.2
Gambia 95.0 62.7 0.0
Georgia 35.9 21.7 3.2
Germany 39.5 31.0 2.3
Ghana 92.2 69.5 0.6
Greece 53.3 41.7 4.4
Greenland -8.9 -22.6 1.8
Grenada 85.1 71.8 5.4
Guatemala 81.5 62.8 3.3
Guinea 89.3 61.4 0.2
Guinea-Bissau 92.8 65.8 0.0
Guyana 87.1 71.6 7.9
Haiti 83.9 66.1 2.4
Honduras 81.5 66.3 5.1
Hungary 38.2 28.3 1.7
Iceland 32.6 22.9 4.5
India 76.7 52.0 0.4
Indonesia 87.0 71.5 11.3
Iran 57.3 35.5 1.1
Iraq 61.5 41.8 1.2
Ireland 47.4 38.1 5.2
Israel 65.7 48.3 3.6
Italy 51.2 40.2 3.2
Ivory Coast 90.4 68.4 0.8
Jamaica 85.9 70.3 4.5
Japan 45.2 31.6 3.8
Jordan 62.0 40.6 0.7
Kazakhstan 24.9 10.4 0.8
Kenya 88.2 66.9 2.3
Kiribati 88.2 78.3 8.8
Kosovo 38.9 27.0 3.5
Kuwait 68.8 49.5 1.1
Kyrgyzstan 21.9 5.5 1.2
Laos 76.3 58.3 2.4
Latvia 33.2 25.3 2.2
Lebanon 56.7 42.6 5.7
Lesotho 72.5 49.1 5.1
Liberia 86.1 68.1 2.1
Libya 68.2 45.7 0.3
Liechtenstein 36.1 26.3 2.5
Lithuania 33.0 25.6 2.1
Luxembourg 40.9 31.5 4.2
Madagascar 84.9 69.8 8.4
Malawi 85.0 68.5 8.0
Malaysia 85.5 72.3 14.7
Maldives 87.8 76.6 7.0
Mali 86.3 59.1 0.0
Malta 63.6 52.1 2.3
Marshall Islands 86.6 77.8 8.3
Mauritania 82.5 59.5 0.1
Mauritius 83.4 69.7 6.4
Mexico 75.1 48.3 0.9
Moldova 36.5 26.8 1.4
Monaco 51.7 40.4 2.6
Mongolia 11.0 -9.9 0.2
Montenegro 40.8 29.4 5.9
Morocco 66.7 47.9 1.4
Mozambique 89.0 71.9 6.5
Myanmar 79.0 57.2 0.4
Namibia 87.8 62.6 1.4
Nauru 87.6 76.7 9.8
Nepal 51.1 23.2 0.5
Netherlands 44.4 36.0 3.2
New Zealand 66.8 49.1 5.2
Nicaragua 84.4 69.6 5.2
Niger 82.6 54.3 0.0
Nigeria 90.8 63.5 0.2
North Korea 27.5 10.0 0.8
North Macedonia 40.3 27.8 2.2
Norway 30.3 20.4 5.0
Oman 81.3 61.6 0.2
Pakistan 65.5 39.0 0.4
Palau 88.6 76.1 11.6
Panama 83.7 71.6 7.4
Papua New Guinea 87.1 69.2 11.0
Paraguay 91.6 70.9 5.5
Peru 79.0 58.9 6.3
Philippines 85.6 72.1 10.4
Poland 34.5 26.2 1.5
Portugal 57.8 44.4 4.8
Qatar 75.7 60.9 0.5
Republic of the Congo 84.4 68.7 6.1
Romania 37.3 25.6 1.7
Russia 0.2 -13.3 1.1
Rwanda 75.3 53.9 4.5
Saint Kitts and Nevis 84.6 74.4 4.1
Saint Lucia 83.6 72.2 7.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83.6 72.2 7.4
Samoa 87.5 77.0 14.8
San Marino 48.2 37.3 3.1
Saudi Arabia 73.9 51.3 0.4
Senegal 94.0 62.7 0.0
Serbia 40.4 29.7 2.3
Seychelles 86.3 75.4 10.0
Sierra Leone 89.3 68.1 0.9
Singapore 85.2 74.7 15.8
Slovakia 34.3 23.6 2.0
Slovenia 38.1 26.7 3.1
Solomon Islands 86.4 72.9 10.7
Somalia 88.0 67.7 0.4
South Africa 85.5 60.4 2.6
South Korea 44.1 26.5 1.3
South Sudan 95.4 65.7 0.2
Spain 52.8 37.8 2.8
Sri Lanka 84.7 73.3 9.2
Sudan 86.6 57.9 0.0
Suriname 87.5 71.6 6.4
Sweden 28.7 16.6 2.1
Switzerland 35.8 26.3 3.5
Syria 56.0 38.1 2.1
São Tomé and Príncipe 83.6 72.2 7.4
Taiwan n/a n/a n/a
Tajikistan 24.4 10.1 2.9
Tanzania 84.2 65.9 5.6
Thailand 85.6 65.3 1.8
Togo 93.5 69.6 0.3
Tonga 84.8 74.9 6.8
Trinidad and Tobago 85.9 71.5 7.1
Tunisia 62.9 46.4 1.6
Turkey 43.5 29.3 3.2
Turkmenistan 46.9 31.1 0.6
Tuvalu 89.0 77.6 11.8
Uganda 86.0 62.1 2.5
Ukraine 33.9 24.9 1.7
United Arab Emirates 78.9 59.9 0.3
United Kingdom 44.8 36.2 5.4
United States 39.1 20.0 2.5
Uruguay 83.6 62.4 4.1
Uzbekistan 38.9 24.1 1.0
Vanuatu 83.9 72.2 8.8
Vatican City 57.6 42.4 5.4
Venezuela 86.8 69.0 3.4
Vietnam 77.0 63.9 3.5
Yemen 80.1 57.5 0.1
Zambia 84.4 65.1 8.2
Zimbabwe 86.6 66.5 5.9
Notes:
  • These data should be considered estimates as weather station coverage is not perfect.
  • Countries do not include their overseas territories. For example, Puerto Rico is not included in the U.S.
  • France includes only the European part of France, not French Guinea or other overseas regions
  • There is no data for Taiwan
  • Data for the Vatican does not come from the East Anglia dataset, but from a weather station in Rome
  • Data for Israel does not include the Palestinian Territories
  • Data for Morocco includes Western Sahara