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Places with the best weather in the world in December: ranked by comfort score

Harar tops the list at 98 /100 in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in the world.

Top three in December: Harar (98 /100) , Jaigaon (98 /100) , Khamis Mushait (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 2.6 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Harar Ethiopia 98 /100 23 °C 12 °C 10 mm 2 342 h –
2 Jaigaon India 98 /100 22 °C 14 °C 8 mm 2 297 h –
3 Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia 97 /100 22 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 318 h –
4 Maoming China 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 32 mm 4 247 h –
5 Esna Egypt 97 /100 23 °C 10 °C 0 mm 0 312 h –
6 Gaozhou China 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 34 mm 5 233 h –
7 Tonalá Mexico 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 310 h –
8 Yangjiang China 97 /100 21 °C 13 °C 26 mm 4 243 h 21 °C
9 Shashamane Ethiopia 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 1 342 h –
10 Tlaquepaque Mexico 97 /100 24 °C 11 °C 7 mm 1 310 h –
11 Shivpuri India 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 9 mm 1 305 h –
12 Ta’if Saudi Arabia 97 /100 22 °C 12 °C 16 mm 3 313 h –
13 Bandar Abbas Iran 97 /100 25 °C 15 °C 34 mm 3 295 h 25 °C
14 Sodo Ethiopia 97 /100 25 °C 12 °C 15 mm 3 340 h –
15 Mek'ele Ethiopia 97 /100 22 °C 10 °C 10 mm 2 336 h –
16 Bahir Dar Ethiopia 96 /100 25 °C 14 °C 4 mm 1 340 h –
17 Singrauli India 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 9 mm 1 311 h –
18 Dongguan China 96 /100 21 °C 12 °C 35 mm 4 241 h –
19 Coquimbo Chile 96 /100 22 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 407 h 16 °C
20 Jacobabad Pakistan 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 7 mm 1 299 h –
21 Ajmer India 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 2 mm 0 306 h –
22 Zagazig Egypt 96 /100 21 °C 10 °C 4 mm 1 278 h –
23 Gonder Ethiopia 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 341 h –
24 Alwar India 96 /100 23 °C 10.0 °C 5 mm 1 302 h –
25 Guna India 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 8 mm 1 305 h –
26 Saugor India 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 10 mm 1 312 h –
27 Gwalior India 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 11 mm 1 303 h –
28 Ranchi India 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 10 mm 1 306 h –
29 Ibb Yemen 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 7 mm 2 333 h –
30 Changsha China 96 /100 20 °C 12 °C 34 mm 5 235 h –
31 Hurghada Egypt 96 /100 22 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 306 h 25 °C
32 Bikaner India 96 /100 23 °C 9.7 °C 3 mm 1 305 h –
33 Sukkur Pakistan 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 5 mm 1 302 h –
34 Deoghar India 96 /100 23 °C 12 °C 8 mm 1 301 h –
35 Satna India 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 9 mm 1 312 h –
36 Comitán Mexico 96 /100 22 °C 13 °C 11 mm 2 320 h –
37 Ciudad Victoria Mexico 96 /100 24 °C 13 °C 23 mm 4 284 h –
38 Shanwei China 96 /100 20 °C 13 °C 35 mm 4 247 h 21 °C
39 Girga Egypt 96 /100 23 °C 9.3 °C 0 mm 0 307 h –
40 Jaipur India 96 /100 23 °C 9.6 °C 3 mm 1 305 h –
41 Garhi Khairo Pakistan 96 /100 24 °C 10 °C 6 mm 1 301 h –
42 Dadu Pakistan 96 /100 25 °C 12 °C 3 mm 0 308 h –
43 Al Mansurah Egypt 96 /100 21 °C 11 °C 4 mm 1 280 h –
44 Torreón Mexico 96 /100 23 °C 9.4 °C 7 mm 2 291 h –
45 Hermosillo Mexico 96 /100 23 °C 9.5 °C 20 mm 2 287 h –
46 Donghai China 96 /100 21 °C 12 °C 31 mm 4 250 h 20 °C
47 Tsuen Wan Hong Kong 96 /100 20 °C 14 °C 31 mm 4 251 h 20 °C
48 Nek’emtē Ethiopia 96 /100 24 °C 13 °C 47 mm 7 338 h –
49 Kom Ombo Egypt 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 0 mm 0 315 h –
50 Kishangarh India 96 /100 24 °C 9.8 °C 2 mm 0 306 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

November: top 5

  1. Al Miqdādīyah 99 /100
  2. Khamis Mushait 98 /100
  3. Baqubah 98 /100
  4. Harar 98 /100
  5. Arequipa 98 /100

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Bandar Abbas 99 /100
  2. Harar 98 /100
  3. Ras Al Khaimah 98 /100
  4. Shashamane 97 /100
  5. Comitán 97 /100

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in December, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in the world with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.