USA 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 Fahrenheit. You can also view the temperatures in degrees Celsius.

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 °F	Low °F		Inches	Days
		Hawaii
83	66	Kahului, Maui	2.8	10
82	70	Kailua Kona, Hawaii Big Island	1.1	4
82	69	Honolulu, Oahu	2.2	9
79	66	Hilo, Hawaii Big Island	12.1	22
79	69	Lihue, Kauai	4.6	18
78	66	Kilauea, Kauai	6.5	22
		Florida
80	59	Everglades National Park	1.9	7
78	64	Miami	2.4	8
78	68	Key West	2.2	6
77	57	Ft. Myers	1.9	5
74	56	Tampa	2.6	6
73	55	Orlando & Disney World	2.3	8
72	52	Daytona Beach	2.3	8
68	50	Jacksonville	2.5	8
67	45	Panama City	4.3	8
65	46	Pensacola	5.4	10
		California
71	48	Anaheim & Disneyland	2.4	6
69	46	Palm Springs	0.7	3
69	45	Anza-Borrego Desert State Park	0.8	3
67	48	Los Angeles	2.5	6
66	46	Santa Barbara	3.1	6
66	50	San Diego	1.7	6
66	41	Death Valley National Park	0.3	2
		Texas
72	57	South Padre Island & Port Isabel	ndash	ndash
70	32	Rio Grande Village, Big Bend Park	ndash	ndash
70	50	Corpus Christi	1.9	7
66	48	Houston	4.3	10
65	42	San Antonio	2.0	7
		Arizona
70	41	Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument	1.1	4
68	47	Yuma	0.4	2
66	45	Phoenix	0.7	4
66	41	Tucson	1.0	4
65	37	Eufaula Wildlife Refuge	ndash	ndash
65	43	Scottsdale	1.0	5
		Georgia
67	39	Waycross & Okefenokee Swamp	2.9	7
65	42	Valdosta	3.1	9
		Louisiana
66	46	Houma	4.2	10
65	48	New Orleans	4.8	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 °F
Honolulu, Hawaii	77
Hilo, Hawaii	73
Miami, Florida	73
Key West, Florida	72
Grand Isle, Louisiana	65
Daytona, Florida	65
South Padre Island, Texas	64
San Diego, California	59
Santa Barbara, California	57