Sunshine by destination in December

Notable, well-known destinations ranked by sunshine in December, from real monthly climate normals — the sunniest and the cloudiest. Tap any place for its full December weather breakdown.

Sunniest in December

15
  1. 1San Carlos de Bariloche 🇦🇷 Argentina13.1 h/day
  2. 2Cape Town 🇿🇦 South Africa12.9 h/day
  3. 3Buenos Aires 🇦🇷 Argentina12.1 h/day
  4. 4Auckland 🇳🇿 New Zealand11.8 h/day
  5. 5Sydney 🇦🇺 Australia11.2 h/day
  6. 6Queenstown 🇳🇿 New Zealand11.2 h/day
  7. 7Zanzibar 🇹🇿 Tanzania11.1 h/day
  8. 8Lima 🇵🇪 Peru11.0 h/day
  9. 9Puerto Ayora 🇪🇨 Ecuador10.8 h/day
  10. 10Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya10.8 h/day
  11. 11Cartagena 🇨🇴 Colombia10.3 h/day
  12. 12Nadi 🇫🇯 Fiji10.1 h/day
  13. 13San Juan 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico10.1 h/day
  14. 14Philipsburg 🇸🇽 Sint Maarten10.0 h/day
  15. 15Mumbai 🇮🇳 India9.8 h/day

Cloudiest in December

15
  1. 1Reykjavík 🇮🇸 Iceland1.1 h/day
  2. 2Oslo 🇳🇴 Norway1.3 h/day
  3. 3Amsterdam 🇳🇱 Netherlands2.7 h/day
  4. 4London 🇬🇧 United Kingdom2.8 h/day
  5. 5Whistler 🇨🇦 Canada3.0 h/day
  6. 6Vancouver 🇨🇦 Canada3.1 h/day
  7. 7Paris 🇫🇷 France3.2 h/day
  8. 8Istanbul 🇹🇷 Turkey5.6 h/day
  9. 9New York 🇺🇸 United States5.7 h/day
  10. 10Tbilisi 🇬🇪 Georgia6.4 h/day
  11. 11Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan6.4 h/day
  12. 12Rome 🇮🇹 Italy6.4 h/day
  13. 13San Francisco 🇺🇸 United States6.6 h/day
  14. 14Shanghai 🇨🇳 China6.6 h/day
  15. 15Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 Mongolia6.7 h/day