Dodge City weather in December

In December, Dodge City sees average daytime highs of 45°F and overnight lows near 25°F, with 1.1 in of precipitation across 3.9 wet days and about 9.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 49°F in the first days to 43°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Dodge City's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dodge City's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 45°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 2nd coldest
Precipitation: 1.1 in; 3.9 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 24 min; 7:54 AM – 5:18 PM
Cloud cover: 41%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 mph; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 2.55 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.3; out of 10

Dodge City is city in and county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States.

Density: 741/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1872

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 ease over the month, from about 49°F in the first days to 43°F by the end.

A typical December day in Dodge City reaches about 45°F in the afternoon and slips back to 25°F overnight — a 21°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°F and 60°F. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 11°F cooler than November and on par with 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 (°F)	49	49	49	48	48	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
Avg low (°F)	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	49	28
2	49	27
3	49	27
4	48	27
5	48	26
6	47	26
7	47	26
8	47	26
9	46	26
10	46	25
11	46	25
12	46	25
13	46	25
14	45	25
15	45	24
16	45	24
17	45	24
18	44	24
19	44	24
20	44	24
21	44	24
22	44	24
23	44	23
24	43	23
25	43	23
26	43	23
27	43	23
28	43	23
29	43	23
30	43	23
31	43	22

How December really feels in Dodge City

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 31 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

13 feel bitter (≤ 14°F)

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Dodge City weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	44° / 23°	0.7	3.2	2.3	9.7	1.0
Feb	48° / 26°	0.9	3.7	2.4	10.5	2.1
Mar	58° / 33°	1.6	6	1.9	11.7	4.8
Apr	67° / 42°	2.2	7.2	0.6	12.9	6.7
May	76° / 53°	3.4	9.6	0	14	7.0
Jun	86° / 63°	3.3	9.4	0	14.6	5.2
Jul	91° / 68°	2.4	8.5	0	14.3	3.9
Aug	89° / 66°	2.6	8.8	0	13.5	4.6
Sep	82° / 58°	1.5	6	0	12.3	7.1
Oct	69° / 45°	2.1	5.8	0.4	11	7.5
Nov	56° / 33°	0.9	3.7	1	10	4.6
Dec	45° / 25°	1.1	3.9	2.6	9.4	1.3

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%.

	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 (%)	70	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	67	67	66	66	66	66	66	66	65	65	66	65	65	65	66	65	65	65
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	34	35	35	35	34	35	35	35

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Dodge City gets around 1.1 in of rain and snow over 3.9 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 12% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

	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 (%)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11
Snow chance (%)	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 10 mph in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 mph on the calmest days to 10 mph 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 (mph)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	10	light breeze
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28	10	light breeze
29	10	light breeze
30	10	light breeze
31	10	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 36 min at the start of December to 9 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:42 AM to 8:01 AM, and sunset from 5:17 PM to 5:26 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)	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4
Sunrise (AM)	7:42	7:43	7:44	7:45	7:46	7:47	7:48	7:48	7:49	7:50	7:51	7:52	7:52	7:53	7:54	7:54	7:55	7:55	7:56	7:57	7:57	7:58	7:58	7:58	7:59	7:59	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:00	8:01
Sunset (PM)	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:17	5:18	5:18	5:18	5:19	5:19	5:19	5:20	5:20	5:21	5:21	5:22	5:22	5:23	5:23	5:24	5:25	5:25	5:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.6	7:42	5:17
2	9.6	7:43	5:17
3	9.5	7:44	5:17
4	9.5	7:45	5:17
5	9.5	7:46	5:17
6	9.5	7:47	5:17
7	9.5	7:48	5:17
8	9.5	7:48	5:17
9	9.5	7:49	5:17
10	9.4	7:50	5:17
11	9.4	7:51	5:17
12	9.4	7:52	5:17
13	9.4	7:52	5:17
14	9.4	7:53	5:18
15	9.4	7:54	5:18
16	9.4	7:54	5:18
17	9.4	7:55	5:19
18	9.4	7:55	5:19
19	9.4	7:56	5:19
20	9.4	7:57	5:20
21	9.4	7:57	5:20
22	9.4	7:58	5:21
23	9.4	7:58	5:21
24	9.4	7:58	5:22
25	9.4	7:59	5:22
26	9.4	7:59	5:23
27	9.4	8:00	5:23
28	9.4	8:00	5:24
29	9.4	8:00	5:25
30	9.4	8:00	5:25
31	9.4	8:01	5:26

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 2.55 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.07 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 2.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	2.7	2.7	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6	2.6
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.7	Moderate
2	2.7	Moderate
3	2.6	Moderate
4	2.6	Moderate
5	2.6	Moderate
6	2.6	Moderate
7	2.6	Moderate
8	2.6	Moderate
9	2.6	Moderate
10	2.6	Moderate
11	2.5	Moderate
12	2.5	Moderate
13	2.5	Moderate
14	2.5	Moderate
15	2.5	Moderate
16	2.5	Moderate
17	2.5	Moderate
18	2.5	Moderate
19	2.5	Moderate
20	2.5	Moderate
21	2.5	Moderate
22	2.5	Moderate
23	2.5	Moderate
24	2.5	Moderate
25	2.5	Moderate
26	2.6	Moderate
27	2.6	Moderate
28	2.6	Moderate
29	2.6	Moderate
30	2.6	Moderate
31	2.6	Moderate

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Dodge City?

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

1.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dodge City.

What to pack for Dodge City in December

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

In December, Dodge City sees daytime highs around 45°F and nights near 25°F. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 4 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Dodge City in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dodge City peaks around July 13 at about 10 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 2 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 10 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	8	8	10	10	9	7	5	4	2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	8	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	7	Very high
Oct	5	High
Nov	4	Moderate
Dec	2	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Dodge City?

Dodge City sits at 37.8°N, 100.0°W, 2,493 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Garden City, 49 mi away.

Topography around Dodge City

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Dodge City.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Dodge City has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 ft around an average of 2,530 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 331 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,207 ft.

The land around Dodge City is covered by grassland (44%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 2 miles, cropland (68%) and grassland (29%) within 10 miles, and cropland (58%) and grassland (41%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

190 ft

grassland 44%

10 miles

331 ft

cropland 68%

50 miles

1,207 ft

cropland 58%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

December weather nearby: Garden City 49 mi · Liberal 70 mi · Great Bend 80 mi · Hays 86 mi · Hutchinson 116 mi · Wichita 147 mi · Newton 147 mi · Salina 150 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; 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 Dodge City (37.7528°, -100.0171°, elevation 2,493 ft), 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. 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 (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	49	28
2	49	27
3	49	27
4	48	27
5	48	26
6	47	26
7	47	26
8	47	26
9	46	26
10	46	25
11	46	25
12	46	25
13	46	25
14	45	25
15	45	24
16	45	24
17	45	24
18	44	24
19	44	24
20	44	24
21	44	24
22	44	24
23	44	23
24	43	23
25	43	23
26	43	23
27	43	23
28	43	23
29	43	23
30	43	23
31	43	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	49	28
2	49	27
3	49	27
4	48	27
5	48	26
6	47	26
7	47	26
8	47	26
9	46	26
10	46	25
11	46	25
12	46	25
13	46	25
14	45	25
15	45	24
16	45	24
17	45	24
18	44	24
19	44	24
20	44	24
21	44	24
22	44	24
23	44	23
24	43	23
25	43	23
26	43	23
27	43	23
28	43	23
29	43	23
30	43	23
31	43	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	49	28
2	49	27
3	49	27
4	48	27
5	48	26
6	47	26
7	47	26
8	47	26
9	46	26
10	46	25
11	46	25
12	46	25
13	46	25
14	45	25
15	45	24
16	45	24
17	45	24
18	44	24
19	44	24
20	44	24
21	44	24
22	44	24
23	44	23
24	43	23
25	43	23
26	43	23
27	43	23
28	43	23
29	43	23
30	43	23
31	43	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	70	30
6	70	30
7	69	31
8	69	31
9	69	31
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	68	32
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	66	34
17	66	34
18	66	34
19	66	34
20	66	34
21	66	34
22	65	35
23	65	35
24	66	34
25	65	35
26	65	35
27	65	35
28	66	34
29	65	35
30	65	35
31	65	35

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

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100