US Vacation Spots With Warm Weather in December

Here's the weather data you need to plan a warm December holiday in the United States. You can compare December weather for dozens of the warmest winter vacation spots that the US has to offer.

Gathered together here are average monthly temperatures, rainfall, sunshine and ocean temperatures.

The information covers destination cities, beaches, parks and resorts, along with theme parks and national parks in the warmest regions of the warmest states in winter: Hawaii, Florida, California, Arizona, Texas, Georgia and Louisiana.

This page gives temperatures in degrees Celsius. You can also view the temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit.

Best December Vacation Weather in the Continental US

Temperature and Rainfall

December weather at warm vacation spots in the United States:
average daily temperature and monthly rainfall

Temper­ature		Place	Total Rainfall
High °C	Low °C		Milli­metres	Days
		Hawaii
29	19	Kahului, Maui	71	10
28	21	Kailua Kona, Hawaii Big Island	27	4
28	21	Honolulu, Oahu	55	9
26	19	Hilo, Hawaii Big Island	307	22
26	20	Lihue, Kauai	118	18
25	19	Kilauea, Kauai	165	22
		Florida
27	15	Everglades National Park	48	7
26	18	Miami	62	8
25	20	Key West	55	6
25	14	Ft. Myers	48	5
23	13	Tampa	65	6
23	13	Orlando & Disney World	58	8
22	11	Daytona Beach	59	8
20	10	Jacksonville	62	8
19	7	Panama City	109	8
18	8	Pensacola	137	10
		California
21	9	Anaheim & Disneyland	61	6
21	8	Palm Springs	17	3
20	7	Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	21	3
20	9	Los Angeles	63	6
19	8	Santa Barbara	78	6
19	10	San Diego	42	6
19	5	Death Valley National Park	7	2
		Texas
22	14	South Padre Island & Port Isabel	ndash	ndash
21	0	Rio Grande Village, Big Bend Park	ndash	ndash
21	10	Corpus Christi	49	7
19	9	Houston	110	10
18	6	San Antonio	51	7
		Arizona
21	5	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	29	4
20	8	Yuma	11	2
19	7	Phoenix	19	4
19	5	Tucson	24	4
18	3	Eufaula Wildlife Refuge	ndash	ndash
18	6	Scottsdale	25	5
		Georgia
20	4	Waycross & Okefenokee Swamp	73	7
18	6	Valdosta	79	9
		Louisiana
19	8	Houma	106	10
18	9	New Orleans	122	9

Sunshine

Amount of sun that warm US cities get in December, measured by the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground

City	% Sun
Yuma, Arizona	82
Tucson, Arizona	79
Phoenix, Arizona	77
San Diego, California	73
Los Angeles, CA	71
Key West, Florida	70
Miami, Florida	63
Honolulu, Hawaii	63
Kahului, Maui	63
Tampa, Florida	62
New Orleans, LA	48
Lihue, Hawaii	46
Corpus Christi, Texas	43
Hilo, Hawaii	37

Ocean Temperature

Average December ocean temperatures at warm American beaches

Beach	Water °C
Honolulu, Hawaii	25
Hilo, Hawaii	23
Miami, Florida	23
Key West, Florida	22
Grand Isle, Louisiana	18
Daytona, Florida	18
South Padre Island, Texas	18
San Diego, California	15
Santa Barbara, California	14