Burnie weather in December

In December, Burnie sees average daytime highs of 17°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 58 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 17°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 42 min at the start of December to 14 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Burnie's 5th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Burnie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 17°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 58 mm; 8 wet days
Daylight: 14 h 54 min; 5:44 AM – 8:41 PM
Cloud cover: 58%; 5th clearest
Wind: 21 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 7.1 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.6; out of 10

Burnie is port city in Tasmania, Australia.

Founded: 1827

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 16°C in the first days to 17°C by the end.

A typical December day in Burnie reaches about 17°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 14°C and 19°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	11
2	16	11
3	16	11
4	16	11
5	16	11
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	17	12
25	17	12
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	18	13
30	18	13
31	18	13

Burnie weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	18° / 14°	59	6.6	14.6	6.6
Feb	19° / 14°	47	6.8	13.6	6.5
Mar	18° / 13°	50	7.5	12.3	6.2
Apr	16° / 11°	61	8.5	10.9	5.0
May	14° / 10°	84	10.7	9.7	4.0
Jun	12° / 9°	90	11.2	9.1	3.1
Jul	11° / 8°	104	12.7	9.4	2.7
Aug	11° / 8°	96	13.1	10.4	2.7
Sep	12° / 8°	86	12.6	11.7	3.1
Oct	13° / 9°	68	10.3	13.1	3.8
Nov	15° / 11°	63	9.1	14.3	4.7
Dec	17° / 12°	58	8	14.9	5.6

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	46	45	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	50	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	52	52	53	53	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53
Cloudier (%)	54	55	53	53	53	52	52	52	51	51	50	49	49	48	48	48	47	47	48	48	47	47	48	48	48	47	47	47	47	47	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Burnie gets around 58 mm of rain over 8 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 26% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	21

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	24
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21
31	21

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	85	85	85	84	83	82	82	82	81	81	79	79	78	78	76
Comfortable (%)	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	19	20
Humid (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	9	1
2	90	9	1
3	90	9	1
4	89	10	1
5	89	10	1
6	89	10	1
7	89	10	1
8	88	11	1
9	88	11	1
10	88	11	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	87	12	1
14	86	13	1
15	86	13	1
16	86	13	1
17	85	14	1
18	85	14	1
19	85	14	1
20	84	15	1
21	83	15	2
22	82	16	2
23	82	16	2
24	82	16	2
25	81	17	2
26	81	17	2
27	79	18	3
28	79	18	3
29	78	19	3
30	78	19	3
31	76	20	4

Wind in December

Winds average 21 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20
Feels	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy	breezy

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	21	breezy
2	21	breezy
3	21	breezy
4	21	breezy
5	21	breezy
6	21	breezy
7	21	breezy
8	21	breezy
9	21	breezy
10	21	breezy
11	21	breezy
12	21	breezy
13	21	breezy
14	21	breezy
15	21	breezy
16	21	breezy
17	21	breezy
18	21	breezy
19	21	breezy
20	21	breezy
21	21	breezy
22	21	breezy
23	21	breezy
24	21	breezy
25	21	breezy
26	21	breezy
27	20	breezy
28	20	breezy
29	20	breezy
30	20	breezy
31	20	breezy

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 42 min at the start of December to 14 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 8:28 PM to 8:47 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	14.7	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	15.0	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9	14.9
Sunrise (AM)	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:48	5:48	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:52
Sunset (PM)	8:28	8:29	8:30	8:31	8:32	8:33	8:34	8:35	8:36	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:43	8:44	8:44	8:45	8:45	8:45	8:46	8:46	8:46	8:47	8:47	8:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	14.7	5:44	8:28
2	14.8	5:44	8:29
3	14.8	5:44	8:30
4	14.8	5:43	8:31
5	14.8	5:43	8:32
6	14.8	5:43	8:33
7	14.8	5:43	8:34
8	14.9	5:43	8:35
9	14.9	5:43	8:36
10	14.9	5:43	8:36
11	14.9	5:43	8:37
12	14.9	5:44	8:38
13	14.9	5:44	8:39
14	14.9	5:44	8:39
15	14.9	5:44	8:40
16	14.9	5:44	8:41
17	14.9	5:45	8:41
18	15.0	5:45	8:42
19	15.0	5:45	8:43
20	15.0	5:46	8:43
21	15.0	5:46	8:44
22	15.0	5:47	8:44
23	15.0	5:47	8:45
24	15.0	5:48	8:45
25	15.0	5:48	8:45
26	15.0	5:49	8:46
27	14.9	5:49	8:46
28	14.9	5:50	8:46
29	14.9	5:51	8:47
30	14.9	5:51	8:47
31	14.9	5:52	8:47

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 7.1 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.6 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in January across the year — December's 7.1 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.5	7.6	7.6	7.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.8	Intense
2	6.8	Intense
3	6.9	Intense
4	6.9	Intense
5	6.9	Intense
6	6.9	Intense
7	6.9	Intense
8	7.0	Intense
9	7.0	Intense
10	7.0	Intense
11	7.0	Intense
12	7.0	Intense
13	7.1	Intense
14	7.1	Intense
15	7.1	Intense
16	7.1	Intense
17	7.2	Intense
18	7.2	Intense
19	7.2	Intense
20	7.3	Intense
21	7.3	Intense
22	7.3	Intense
23	7.4	Intense
24	7.4	Intense
25	7.5	Intense
26	7.5	Intense
27	7.5	Intense
28	7.5	Intense
29	7.6	Intense
30	7.6	Intense
31	7.6	Intense

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Burnie?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.6

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

1.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Burnie for sightseeing.

What to pack for Burnie in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Burnie sees daytime highs around 17°C and nights near 12°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Burnie in December

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in February at about 18°C and coldest in August near 12°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	17	18	18	17	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	16
Comfort	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Cool	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	17	Cool
Feb	18	Cool
Mar	18	Cool
Apr	17	Cool
May	15	Cool
Jun	14	Bracing
Jul	13	Bracing
Aug	12	Bracing
Sep	12	Bracing
Oct	13	Bracing
Nov	14	Bracing
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Burnie in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Burnie peaks around December 21 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	10	8	4	2	1	2	3	4	7	8	12
Level	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	8	Very high
Apr	4	Moderate
May	2	Moderate
Jun	1	Low
Jul	2	Low
Aug	3	Moderate
Sep	4	Moderate
Oct	7	High
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	12	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Burnie?

Burnie sits at 41.1°S, 145.9°E, 29 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Devonport, 40 km away.

Topography around Burnie

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Burnie.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Burnie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m around an average of 49 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 482 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,545 m.

The land around Burnie is covered by water (43%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (49%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

180 m

water 43%

16 km

482 m

water 49%

80 km

1,545 m

trees 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater

← November Burnie year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Devonport 40 km · Launceston 111 km · Hobart 235 km · Mount Martha 319 km · Warragul 322 km · Traralgon 323 km · Mornington 324 km · Mount Eliza 327 km

Australia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 1; Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs: Type I; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 90% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $65,130; 2025
Happiness: 6.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 0.9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 4.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Burnie (-41.0558°, 145.9038°, elevation 29 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	11
2	16	11
3	16	11
4	16	11
5	16	11
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	17	12
25	17	12
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	18	13
30	18	13
31	18	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	24
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	9	1
2	90	9	1
3	90	9	1
4	89	10	1
5	89	10	1
6	89	10	1
7	89	10	1
8	88	11	1
9	88	11	1
10	88	11	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	87	12	1
14	86	13	1
15	86	13	1
16	86	13	1
17	85	14	1
18	85	14	1
19	85	14	1
20	84	15	1
21	83	15	2
22	82	16	2
23	82	16	2
24	82	16	2
25	81	17	2
26	81	17	2
27	79	18	3
28	79	18	3
29	78	19	3
30	78	19	3
31	76	20	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	11
2	16	11
3	16	11
4	16	11
5	16	11
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	17	12
25	17	12
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	18	13
30	18	13
31	18	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	24
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	9	1
2	90	9	1
3	90	9	1
4	89	10	1
5	89	10	1
6	89	10	1
7	89	10	1
8	88	11	1
9	88	11	1
10	88	11	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	87	12	1
14	86	13	1
15	86	13	1
16	86	13	1
17	85	14	1
18	85	14	1
19	85	14	1
20	84	15	1
21	83	15	2
22	82	16	2
23	82	16	2
24	82	16	2
25	81	17	2
26	81	17	2
27	79	18	3
28	79	18	3
29	78	19	3
30	78	19	3
31	76	20	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	16	11
2	16	11
3	16	11
4	16	11
5	16	11
6	16	12
7	16	12
8	16	12
9	16	12
10	16	12
11	16	12
12	16	12
13	17	12
14	17	12
15	17	12
16	17	12
17	17	12
18	17	12
19	17	12
20	17	12
21	17	12
22	17	12
23	17	12
24	17	12
25	17	12
26	17	13
27	17	13
28	17	13
29	18	13
30	18	13
31	18	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	46	54
2	45	55
3	47	53
4	47	53
5	47	53
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	49	51
11	50	50
12	51	49
13	51	49
14	52	48
15	52	48
16	52	48
17	53	47
18	53	47
19	52	48
20	52	48
21	53	47
22	53	47
23	52	48
24	52	48
25	52	48
26	53	47
27	53	47
28	53	47
29	53	47
30	53	47
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)
1	30
2	30
3	30
4	29
5	29
6	29
7	29
8	28
9	28
10	28
11	27
12	27
13	27
14	26
15	26
16	26
17	25
18	25
19	25
20	24
21	24
22	24
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	22
27	22
28	22
29	21
30	21
31	21

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	90	9	1
2	90	9	1
3	90	9	1
4	89	10	1
5	89	10	1
6	89	10	1
7	89	10	1
8	88	11	1
9	88	11	1
10	88	11	1
11	88	11	1
12	87	12	1
13	87	12	1
14	86	13	1
15	86	13	1
16	86	13	1
17	85	14	1
18	85	14	1
19	85	14	1
20	84	15	1
21	83	15	2
22	82	16	2
23	82	16	2
24	82	16	2
25	81	17	2
26	81	17	2
27	79	18	3
28	79	18	3
29	78	19	3
30	78	19	3
31	76	20	4