Where Is It Sunny in December? Warmest Destinations

Sunshine hours, temperature and rain in December for 108 destinations – station data (DWD, 1991–2020). Sunniest: Cape Town with 10.9 hours of sun a day.

The sunniest destinations in December

  • 1. Cape Town: 10.9 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 13 mm · 98
  • 2. Marsa Alam: 8.4 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 1 mm · 89
  • 3. Luxor: 9.0 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 0 mm · 88
  • 4. Abu Dhabi: 8.2 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 8 mm · 88
  • 5. Sharm el-Sheikh: 8.0 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 1 mm · 88
  • 6. Dubai: 8.3 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 15 mm · 87
  • 7. Oman (Muscat): 8.0 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 10 mm · 87
  • 8. Hurghada: 8.5 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 1 mm · 85
  • 9. Cape Verde (Sal): 7.3 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 3 mm · 84
  • 10. Buenos Aires: 9.3 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 113 mm · 82
  • 11. Aqaba: 8.3 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 3 mm · 82
  • 12. Aruba: 8.1 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 60 mm · 82
  • 13. Barbados: 8.2 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 88 mm · 80
  • 14. Sydney: 7.5 h Sun/day, 27 °C, 73 mm · 79
  • 15. Hawaii (Honolulu): 6.9 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 55 mm · 78
  • 16. Doha: 5.8 h Sun/day, 25 °C, 9 mm · 78
  • 17. Mombasa (Kenya): 8.5 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 69 mm · 77
  • 18. Goa: 8.4 h Sun/day, 33 °C, 3 mm · 77
  • 19. Cuba (Havana): 6.2 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 30 mm · 77
  • 20. Jamaica: 7.4 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 81 mm · 76
  • 21. Mauritius: 8.2 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 131 mm · 75
  • 22. Punta Cana (Dominican Republic): 7.2 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 91 mm · 75
  • 23. Tenerife: 6.9 h Sun/day, 24 °C, 33 mm · 75
  • 24. Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City): 6.8 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 32 mm · 75
  • 25. Cancún: 6.5 h Sun/day, 28 °C, 68 mm · 75
  • 26. Miami (Florida): 6.3 h Sun/day, 26 °C, 62 mm · 74
  • 27. Bangkok: 6.9 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 12 mm · 73
  • 28. Lanzarote: 6.7 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 21 mm · 71
  • 29. Agadir: 7.6 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 49 mm · 70
  • 30. Phuket: 6.7 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 86 mm · 69
  • 31. Zanzibar: 8.4 h Sun/day, 32 °C, 168 mm · 67
  • 32. Auckland (New Zealand): 7.8 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 82 mm · 67
  • 33. Maldives: 6.9 h Sun/day, 30 °C, 212 mm · 67
  • 34. Costa Rica (Guanacaste): 7.3 h Sun/day, 34 °C, 12 mm · 66
  • 35. Gran Canaria: 6.1 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 26 mm · 66
  • 36. Orlando (Florida): 5.9 h Sun/day, 23 °C, 63 mm · 66
  • 37. Sri Lanka (Colombo): 7.0 h Sun/day, 31 °C, 171 mm · 65
  • 38. Cairo: 6.9 h Sun/day, 21 °C, 3 mm · 65
  • 39. Bali: 6.0 h Sun/day, 29 °C, 272 mm · 65
  • 40. Fuerteventura: 5.9 h Sun/day, 22 °C, 19 mm · 65
  • Holiday score 0–100: 45 % sunshine hours, 40 % warmth (best at 25–30 °C), 15 % little rain.
  • Averages 1991–2020, source: Deutscher Wetterdienst (CLIMAT station data, CC BY 4.0) and NASA POWER; single years differ.

Questions

  • Where is it sunniest in December? Among 108 popular destinations, Cape Town is best in December: 10.9 hours of sunshine a day on average. For comparison, London gets 1.8 hours.
  • Where is it warm in December? 35 of the destinations average more than 24 °C by day in December. The '24 °C and up only' filter shows just those.
  • Where do the numbers come from? Temperature, rain and, where available, sunshine are 1991–2020 averages of weather stations, published by Germany's weather service DWD. Where no station nearby measures, we use NASA satellite data (POWER) and say so on the destination's page.