Point Cook weather in December

In December, Point Cook sees average daytime highs of 20°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 52 mm of rain across 8 wet days and about 14.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month. 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 24 min at the start of December to 14 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Point Cook's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Point Cook's year-round climate.

Daytime high
20°
4th warmest
Overnight low
15°
9th coldest
Rainfall
52 mm
8 wet days
Daylight
14 h 36 min
5:59 AM – 8:36 PM
Cloud cover
59%
4th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.6
out of 10

Point Cook is suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 20°C through the month.

A typical December day in Point Cook reaches about 20°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°C warmer than November and about 2°C cooler than January.

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Point Cook weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan21° / 16°456.114.37.3
Feb22° / 17°43613.57.2
Mar20° / 16°356.812.36.9
Apr18° / 14°507.8116.1
May16° / 12°469.3104.9
Jun14° / 10°5310.49.43.8
Jul13° / 43109.63.5
Aug13° / 4710.410.53.7
Sep15° / 10°5410.411.74.3
Oct16° / 11°579.6135.2
Nov18° / 13°599146.0
Dec20° / 15°52814.66.6

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 17% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 54%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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74555
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Point Cook gets around 52 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 25% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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228
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428
528
628
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827
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1126
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1525
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2025
2125
2224
2324
2424
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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 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1761860
2751960
3751960
4751960
5742060
6742060
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8732160
9722260
10702370
11702370
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25622990
266129100
276030100
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295931100
305931100
315732101

Wind in December

Winds average 20 km/h in December.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 14 h 24 min at the start of December to 14 h 36 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 5:58 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 8:24 PM to 8:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.45:588:24
214.55:588:25
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714.55:578:29
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1614.65:598:36
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 6.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.14 kWh/m² in January across the year — December's 6.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Point Cook

In seasonPeak

In December, Point Cook sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Point Cook sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Cyclone
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Point Cook?

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

6.6
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
3.3
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit Point Cook for sightseeing.

What to pack for Point Cook in December

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

In December, Point Cook sees daytime highs around 20°C and nights near 15°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 8 days see rain.

sun protectionrain gear

Sea temperature near Point Cook in December

The nearest coast averages about 19°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in February at about 21°C and coldest in August near 11°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jan 15 to Mar 11 — about 1.8 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Refreshing
Feb21Refreshing
Mar20Cool
Apr18Cool
May15Cool
Jun13Bracing
Jul12Bracing
Aug11Bracing
Sep12Bracing
Oct14Bracing
Nov17Cool
Dec19Cool

UV index in Point Cook 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 Point Cook peaks around December 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb10Extreme
Mar8Very high
Apr5Moderate
May3Moderate
Jun2Low
Jul2Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct7Very high
Nov10Very high
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Point Cook?

Point Cook sits at 37.9°S, 144.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in Australia. The nearest listed city is Altona Meadows, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Point Cook

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Point Cook has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 16 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,095 m.

The land around Point Cook is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, water (44%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (35%), trees (25%) and water (23%) within 80 km.

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16 m
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91 m
80 km
1,095 m
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December weather nearby: Altona Meadows 4.0 km · Hoppers Crossing 6.0 km · Werribee 8.0 km · Truganina 11 km · Wyndham Vale 11 km · Tarneit 12 km · Sunshine West 15 km · Deer Park 16 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
none 38%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 18%other Christian 4%

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 Point Cook (-37.9148°, 144.7509°, elevation 10 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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).