Where Is Hot in December: Christmas Sun, Highs and Seas

Where is hot in December for Christmas sun: Tenerife (23 °C), Gran Canaria (23 °C), Fuerteventura (22 °C) and Lanzarote (22 °C) short haul; the Red Sea at 24 °C; Asia's dry season beyond.

Place	High	Sea	Wet days
Goa	33 °C	28 °C	n/a
Bangkok	32 °C	inland	1
Phuket	31 °C	29 °C	7
Bali	31 °C	29 °C	n/a
Sri Lanka	31 °C	28 °C	11
Jamaica	31 °C	28 °C	n/a
Seychelles	31 °C	28 °C	18
Maldives	30 °C	28 °C	n/a

Place

High

Sea

Wet days

Goa

33 °C

28 °C

n/a

Bangkok

32 °C

inland

Phuket

31 °C

29 °C

Bali

31 °C

29 °C

n/a

Sri Lanka

31 °C

28 °C

Jamaica

31 °C

28 °C

n/a

Seychelles

31 °C

28 °C

Maldives

30 °C

28 °C

n/a

Where is hot in December: all 62 places

December averages 1991 to 2020, hottest first. Distance is a straight line from Heathrow.
Place	Country	Daytime high	Night low	Sea	Wet days	From London
Goa	India	33 °C	21 °C	28 °C	no usable record	7,580 km
Bangkok	Thailand	32 °C	23 °C	inland	1 day	9,560 km
Phuket	Thailand	31 °C	23 °C	29 °C	7 days	9,930 km
Bali	Indonesia	31 °C	25 °C	29 °C	no usable record	12,520 km
Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	31 °C	24 °C	28 °C	11 days	8,740 km
Jamaica	Jamaica	31 °C	23 °C	28 °C	no usable record	7,550 km
Seychelles	Seychelles	31 °C	25 °C	28 °C	18 days	8,180 km
Maldives	Maldives	30 °C	no usable record	28 °C	no usable record	8,540 km
Barbados	Barbados	30 °C	24 °C	28 °C	12 days	6,760 km
Mauritius	Mauritius	30 °C	23 °C	27 °C	11 days	9,780 km
Punta Cana	Dominican Republic	30 °C	22 °C	27 °C	no usable record	6,880 km
Koh Samui	Thailand	29 °C	24 °C	28 °C	13 days	9,900 km
Cancun	Mexico	29 °C	20 °C	27 °C	7 days	7,940 km
Cuba	Cuba	28 °C	20 °C	27 °C	no usable record	7,470 km
Cape Town	South Africa	27 °C	15 °C	18 °C	no usable record	9,680 km
Cape Verde	Cape Verde	27 °C	20 °C	24 °C	no usable record	4,340 km
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	26 °C	17 °C	25 °C	2 days	5,500 km
Miami	United States	26 °C	18 °C	26 °C	6 days	7,110 km
Sydney	Australia	26 °C	18 °C	21 °C	8 days	17,020 km
Hurghada	Egypt	24 °C	13 °C	25 °C	0 days	3,930 km
Tenerife	Spain	23 °C	16 °C	21 °C	3 days	2,940 km
Orlando	United States	23 °C	12 °C	inland	5 days	6,970 km
Gran Canaria	Spain	23 °C	no usable record	21 °C	4 days	2,920 km
Fuerteventura	Spain	22 °C	16 °C	20 °C	3 days	2,800 km
Lanzarote	Spain	22 °C	16 °C	20 °C	3 days	2,730 km
Madeira	Portugal	20 °C	16 °C	20 °C	no usable record	2,480 km
Marrakech	Morocco	20 °C	no usable record	inland	4 days	2,290 km
Los Angeles	United States	20 °C	9 °C	16 °C	5 days	8,750 km
Larnaca and Ayia Napa	Cyprus	19 °C	10 °C	19 °C	8 days	3,270 km
Benidorm	Spain	18 °C	8 °C	16 °C	4 days	1,440 km
Malaga and the Costa del Sol	Spain	18 °C	9 °C	16 °C	6 days	1,670 km
Tunisia	Tunisia	18 °C	9 °C	17 °C	8 days	1,840 km
Algarve	Portugal	17 °C	no usable record	17 °C	no usable record	1,710 km
Malta	Malta	17 °C	no usable record	18 °C	10 days	2,100 km
Crete	Greece	17 °C	11 °C	18 °C	10 days	2,710 km
Sicily	Italy	17 °C	6 °C	17 °C	8 days	1,980 km
Seville	Spain	17 °C	8 °C	inland	7 days	1,630 km
Majorca	Spain	17 °C	10 °C	17 °C	6 days	1,350 km
Ibiza	Spain	17 °C	9 °C	16 °C	6 days	1,400 km
Rhodes	Greece	17 °C	12 °C	19 °C	no usable record	2,810 km
Antalya	Turkey	17 °C	7 °C	20 °C	9 days	2,930 km
Sardinia	Italy	16 °C	7 °C	16 °C	8 days	1,550 km
Menorca	Spain	16 °C	9 °C	16 °C	8 days	1,340 km
Corfu	Greece	15 °C	7 °C	17 °C	11 days	2,050 km
Lisbon	Portugal	15 °C	10 °C	16 °C	10 days	1,570 km
Athens	Greece	15 °C	9 °C	17 °C	6 days	2,410 km
Barcelona	Spain	15 °C	6 °C	15 °C	4 days	1,140 km
Porto	Portugal	14 °C	7 °C	14 °C	13 days	1,310 km
Naples and the Amalfi Coast	Italy	14 °C	no usable record	17 °C	9 days	1,630 km
Nice and the French Riviera	France	14 °C	7 °C	15 °C	6 days	1,040 km
Costa Brava	Spain	14 °C	2 °C	15 °C	4 days	1,090 km
Dubrovnik	Croatia	14 °C	8 °C	16 °C	11 days	1,710 km
Las Vegas	United States	14 °C	4 °C	inland	2 days	8,400 km
Rome	Italy	13 °C	5 °C	inland	10 days	1,450 km
Split	Croatia	12 °C	7 °C	16 °C	9 days	1,540 km
Istanbul	Turkey	10 °C	5 °C	12 °C	no usable record	2,520 km
Venice	Italy	9 °C	no usable record	13 °C	6 days	1,160 km
Paris	France	8 °C	3 °C	inland	11 days	350 km
Lake Garda	Italy	8 °C	0 °C	inland	8 days	1,050 km
New York	United States	7 °C	1 °C	9 °C	9 days	5,540 km
Reykjavik	Iceland	3 °C	-2 °C	6 °C	16 days	1,880 km
Lapland	Finland	-5 °C	-13 °C	inland	11 days	2,220 km

Christmas in the Canaries, Egypt or Dubai

Three popular choices, three different trade-offs. Tenerife: 23 °C by day, 16 °C at night, sea 21 °C. Hurghada: 24 °C by day, colder nights at 13 °C, and a sea of 25 °C. Dubai: the warmest day, 26 °C, nights of 17 °C and a sea of 25 °C. All three are mostly dry; December is the wettest month of the year in Tenerife, at 32 mm.

Long haul for Christmas

Phuket at 31 °C, Cancun at 29 °C with 7 days of rain, and Cape Verde at 27 °C are the warmest of the long-haul options we track in detail. Previous month: where is hot in November; next: January.

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Where is hot at Christmas within a short flight?

The Canary Islands: 23 °C in Tenerife and 22 °C in Fuerteventura. Madeira is slightly cooler at 20 °C. Mainland Spain and the Mediterranean are around 17 to 19 °C. The Canaries are the warmest choice within short-haul range, and their nights are milder than in Egypt.

Is Tenerife or Egypt warmer in December?

By day, about the same: 23 °C in Tenerife and 24 °C in Hurghada. The Red Sea is warmer, 25 °C against 21 °C, but Hurghada's nights are colder, 13 °C against 16 °C. Both are mostly dry. Pick by sea or night.

Where is hot and dry in December long haul?

Thailand's Andaman coast and Bangkok are entering the dry season: Phuket has 7 days of rain, Bangkok 1 day. Goa averages 33 °C. Koh Samui is still wet, 13 days. The Caribbean is also drying out after the hurricane season, with 7 days of rain in Cancun.

Where is hot in December

Where is hot in December: all 62 places

Christmas in the Canaries, Egypt or Dubai

Long haul for Christmas

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