Hot in Dec
31°C average high
avg high · 22° at night
25°C+ on almost every day
Thailand
Phuket weather in December
Is it warm? Yes. December in Phuket is hot: afternoons average 29°C and nights 25°C. Most days (80%) peak between 28°C and 30°C.
Hot · average high
29°C
25°C or more on almost every day.
- Average low25°overnight
- Sea29°average, 2023–2025
- Rainy days12115 mm in the month
- SkyMostly cloudy75% cloud · 5% clear days
How warm it really gets
Every December afternoon from 2011–2025: 465 days. Most (80%) peaked between 28° and 30°.
December, year by year
The average December high in each year. The warmest, 2025, averaged 31°C; the coolest, 2011, 28°C.
Compared with home
Average December highs. Expect rain on about 12 days (115 mm in a typical month).
- Phuket29°
- Cork10°
- Dublin9°
- London9°
- Belfast8°
- Manchester8°
- Glasgow7°
Warmer in December, not much further
Flying times are estimates from Dublin; Phuket is about 13h.
Hot in Dec
30°C average high
avg high · 25° at night
25°C+ on almost every day
Hot in Dec
30°C average high
avg high · 26° at night
25°C+ on almost every day
Air: ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, 2011–2025. Sea: Copernicus Marine analysis via Open-Meteo, 2023–2025. Rainy day = 2 mm or more. Clear day = average cloud cover of 30% or less. These are averages of past weather, not a forecast. Methodology