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

  • Warmest City = Miami, Florida averages highs of 78.2 °F daily
  • Warmest Ocean = the Atlantic at Miami Beach, Florida is 73 °F
  • Driest Warm Place = Death Valley, California gets 0.26 inches of rain
  • Sunniest Warm City = Yuma in southwest Arizona has 82 % sunshine

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
References

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

National Oceanographic Data Center.

Western Regional Climate Center.

Warm Winter Weather
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