Average temperature in December is 18.5 °C
Average daytime temperature is 22 °C
Average night temperature is 15.4 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 26.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: 9.9 °C
Number of sunny days: 7
Number of rainy days: 24
Number of snow days:
Precipitation sum: 170 mm
* Weather data for Tauranga New Zealand is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 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 |
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| Maximum temperature | 19.8 | 18.2 | 19.9 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 20.8 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 23 | 18.6 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 24 | 23.8 | 22.8 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.1 | 22.3 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 26.4 | 20.9 | 24.2 | 25.1 | 24.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | 21.5 | 17.3 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 22.3 | 22.9 | 22 | 23.1 | 19.8 | 21.8 | 19.4 | 14.2 | 14.9 | 20.6 | 22.5 | 25.3 | 24 | 25.2 | 25.1 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 24 | 24.7 | 23.9 | 26.4 | 28.5 | 29.6 | 21.9 | 26.7 | 28.5 | 27 |
| Mean temperature | 16.2 | 17.1 | 17.7 | 17.9 | 16.7 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 18 | 15.9 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 19.5 | 19.9 | 18.8 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 20.7 | 21.2 | 21.5 | 20.6 | 19.3 | 21 | 22 | 19.6 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 12.1 | 15 | 15.1 | 15.5 | 13.2 | 10.4 | 12.8 | 15.8 | 11 | 14.3 | 8.6 | 7.2 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 15.1 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 16.1 | 19.8 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 22.1 | 17.3 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 21 | 21.7 | 13.7 |
| Minimum temperature | 13.7 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 11.8 | 14.7 | 11.7 | 10.4 | 14.1 | 9.9 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 15 | 16.7 | 15.8 | 13.8 | 15.8 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 19.6 | 19.1 | 15.6 |
| Apparent min temperature | 15.3 | 15.8 | 17.6 | 18.4 | 16 | 16.2 | 16.7 | 18.4 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 13.6 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 14.3 | 16 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 21.6 | 20.5 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 21.2 | 21.7 | 22.4 | 23.7 | 23 | 21.9 | 19 | 22.7 | 24.4 | 19.5 |
| December | 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 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 12.2 | 7.9 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 8.1 | 12.9 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13 | 13.3 | 11.1 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 6 | 8.7 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 9.2 | 5.9 | 6.4 | 13 | 9.6 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 0.4 | 10.7 | 18.6 | 20.3 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 2 | 5.6 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 24.8 |
| Precipitation hours | 3 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 24 | 12 | 13 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 21.5 | 26 | 31.1 | 17.6 | 21 | 31.3 | 30.2 | 15.9 | 24.6 | 27.4 | 41.9 | 45.3 | 48.8 | 46 | 27.4 | 18.9 | 23.8 | 17.1 | 15.9 | 17 | 21.5 | 15.9 | 19.1 | 24.1 | 18.8 | 17 | 23 | 22.6 | 25.9 | 21.4 | 26.3 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Tauranga was 26.4°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to 9.9°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Tauranga are 15.4°C and 22°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 170 mm.