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Typical December weather

Palm Springs

California · December

Big sun, low angle, and a properly cold hour after dark.

69° days
46° nights

maybe one rainy day · 10 hours of daylight

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What December feels like

December is the coolest month, and the desert makes the most of it: the nights get genuinely cold and every patio runs a fire pit. Between the odd winter system, the sky holds that hard blue that photographs badly and looks unreal in person.

Real rain shows up maybe one day all month; the rest stay dry.

The numbers

Typical high69°
Typical low46°
Days with real rain1
Total rain0.7 in
Sunrise / sunset (mid-month)6:44 am / 4:38 pm

How December compares

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