Where Is It Warm in December? The Warmest Places
Among 619 covered cities, Juba, South Sudan is warmest in December with average highs of 98°. For milder warmth and more sunshine, Santiago, Chile averages 83° with 13.5 sun hours a day.
Start with comfortable winter warmth
Every ranking uses the same ten-year 2015–2024 reanalysis window, not brochure copy. Average daytime highs, overnight lows, rainy days and sunshine hours make it possible to separate raw heat from weather that is easier to use.
December at a glance
- Hottest overall: Juba, South Sudan - 98° average highs
- Comfortable warmth: Santiago, Chile - 83° with 13.5 hours of sun a day
- How to use this page: compare heat, rain and sunshine, then open a city's climate guide for the full year
If your dates are flexible, compare this month with the complete warm places by month guide.
Warm winter alternatives without the strongest heat
Highs between 70°F and 85°F (21–29°C), sorted by sunshine. This is a climate filter, not a forecast for specific dates.
| City | Dec high / low | Sun h/day | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇱 Santiago, Chile | 83° / 57° | 13.5 | 1 |
| 🇦🇺 Perth, Australia | 83° / 64° | 13.4 | 2 |
| 🇿🇦 Cape Town, South Africa | 75° / 61° | 13.1 | 5 |
| 🇦🇺 Adelaide, Australia | 79° / 59° | 12.5 | 4 |
| 🇦🇷 Buenos Aires, Argentina | 81° / 66° | 12.4 | 8 |
| 🇱🇸 Maseru, Lesotho | 82° / 57° | 12.3 | 13 |
| 🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay | 76° / 64° | 12.2 | 8 |
| 🇦🇺 Canberra, Australia | 78° / 55° | 12.1 | 8 |
| 🇳🇿 Auckland, New Zealand | 70° / 61° | 11.9 | 14 |
| 🇦🇺 Sydney, Australia | 78° / 64° | 11.6 | 10 |
| 🇦🇺 Gold Coast, Australia | 81° / 69° | 11.6 | 14 |
| 🇦🇺 Melbourne, Australia | 76° / 56° | 11.5 | 9 |
| 🇿🇦 Johannesburg, South Africa | 79° / 59° | 11.3 | 16 |
| 🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa, Tonga | 80° / 75° | 11.3 | 19 |
| 🇿🇦 Pretoria, South Africa | 83° / 62° | 11.1 | 14 |
How December redistributes warmth around the world
The top 25 span 24 countries, while Africa supplies 16 places. The gap from first to tenth is 4.5°C (8.1°F), showing whether the leaders form a tight pack or one place pulls away.
How the leading city changes around this month
Juba, South Sudan averages 94° in November, 98° in December, and 99° in January. The change entering December is 2.0°C; the change into January is 0.8°C.
A lower-rain warm option
Among 124 covered cities with comfortable 21–29°C daytime highs outside the hottest 25, Luxor, Egypt has the fewest typical rainy days: about 0, with 10.0 hours of sunshine per day.
The hottest places on Earth in December
| City | Dec high | Dec low | Rainy days | Sun h/day | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇸 Juba, South Sudan | 98° | 74° | 1 | 11.0 |
| 2 | 🇳🇬 Abuja, Nigeria | 92° | 71° | 0 | 10.9 |
| 3 | 🇧🇫 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | 92° | 65° | 0 | 10.5 |
| 4 | 🇲🇱 Bamako, Mali | 92° | 67° | 0 | 10.7 |
| 5 | 🇨🇫 Bangui, Central African Republic | 92° | 71° | 2 | 10.7 |
| 6 | 🇳🇪 Niamey, Niger | 91° | 64° | 0 | 10.6 |
| 7 | 🇹🇩 N'Djamena, Chad | 91° | 65° | 0 | 10.6 |
| 8 | 🇬🇼 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau | 91° | 71° | 0 | 10.1 |
| 9 | 🇧🇼 Gaborone, Botswana | 90° | 69° | 9 | 11.4 |
| 10 | 🇮🇳 Panaji, India | 89° | 72° | 2 | 10.1 |
| 11 | 🇭🇹 Port-au-Prince, Haiti | 89° | 73° | 4 | 10.5 |
| 12 | 🇵🇾 Asuncion, Paraguay | 89° | 73° | 12 | 11.2 |
| 13 | 🇳🇮 Managua, Nicaragua | 89° | 75° | 7 | 10.7 |
| 14 | 🇬🇲 Banjul, Gambia | 89° | 72° | 0 | 9.9 |
| 15 | 🇸🇩 Khartoum, Sudan | 89° | 64° | 0 | 10.7 |
| 16 | 🇬🇭 Accra, Ghana | 88° | 76° | 8 | 10.5 |
| 17 | 🇹🇬 Lome, Togo | 88° | 76° | 8 | 10.5 |
| 18 | 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 88° | 73° | 10 | 9.4 |
| 19 | 🇸🇴 Mogadishu, Somalia | 88° | 76° | 7 | 11.7 |
| 20 | 🇹🇭 Bangkok, Thailand | 88° | 72° | 4 | 10.1 |
| 21 | 🇲🇲 Yangon, Myanmar | 88° | 71° | 2 | 10.7 |
| 22 | 🇳🇬 Lagos, Nigeria | 88° | 77° | 7 | 10.5 |
| 23 | 🇳🇦 Windhoek, Namibia | 88° | 63° | 7 | 12.2 |
| 24 | 🇵🇬 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | 88° | 76° | 20 | 10.1 |
| 25 | 🇨🇴 Cartagena, Colombia | 87° | 76° | 9 | 10.9 |