Average Sunshine in Florida for December

Share |

Number of Sunny Days

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Florida is the total days this month when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours. Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days during December are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. All the numbers are averages, made from years of weather watching, for total days in the month.

Days of sunshine in December
City Sunny
Days
Partly Sunny
Days
Total Days
With Sun
Apalachicola 10   8 18
Daytona Beach   9   9 18
Fort Myers 11 12 23
Jacksonville   9   8 17
Key West 11 11 22
Miami   9 13 22
Orlando 10   9 19
Pensacola   9   7 16
Tallahassee   9   8 17
Tampa 10 10 20
West Palm Beach   9 12 21

Amount of Sun

Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are monthly averages based on many years of weather observations.

Percent sunshine for December
City % Sun
Apalachicola 57
Jacksonville 54
Key West 70
Miami 63
Pensacola 49
West Palm Beach 61
Reference

National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.

Share |

Average Weather

Florida Sunshine

AVERAGE USA WEATHER
Weather Averages
Weather Extremes