Weather in December in Christchurch

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	Normal Max/ High Temperature	20°C (68°F)
	Average Temperature	16°C (61°F)
	Min/ Low Temperature	11°C (52°F)
	Normal Precipitation	45mm (1.8in)
	Number of Wet Days (probability of rain on a day)	11 (35%)
	Average Sunlight per day	06h 15'
	Average Daylight per day	15h 21'
	Sunny (Cloudy) Daylight Hours	41% (59%)
	Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day.	69.9°

• The average temperature in Christchurch in December is very mild at 15.9 °C (60.62 °F).
• Afternoons can be warm with average high temperatures reaching 20 °C (68 °F).
• Overnight temperatures are generally quite mild with an average low of 11 °C (51.8 °F).
• The average daily temperature variation/ range in December is 9 °C (16.2 °F).
• Precipitation averages for December are moderate with 45.1mm (1.8 in) recorded across 11 days.
• In December the heavens above Christchurch are reasonably fine having on balance a detectable 6h 15' of glaring solar radiation daily.
• The shortest day is 15h 11' long and the longest day is 15h 25' long with an average length of 15h 21'.
• There are approximately 8h 55' per day when the sun is occluded by cloud, haze, fog etc.
• It is sunny approximately 41.2% of daylight hours and cloudy 58.8% of daylight hours.

Weather Trend Graph for December in Christchurch, New Zealand