Arizona Temperatures in December

Typical temperatures at cities, towns, national parks and monuments in Arizona during the month of December are listed below.

You'll find separate tables for each region of the state: Southern Arizona, Western Arizona, Phoenix Area, Central Arizona, and Northern Arizona.

The tables give the normal maximum and minimum temperatures based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 by the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Southern Arizona

Average temperatures in December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
56	33	Bisbee	13	0
56	31	Chiricahua National Monument	13	-1
58	34	Coronado National Monument	15	1
61	28	Douglas	16	-2
66	36	Green Valley	19	2
65	28	Nogales	18	-2
70	41	Organ Pipe Cactus Monument	21	5
62	30	Sierra Vista	16	-1
61	38	Tombstone	16	3
66	41	Tucson	19	5

Western Arizona

Average December temperatures
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
64	44	Bullhead City	18	7
56	30	Kingman	13	-1
64	42	Lake Havasu City	18	5
67	40	Parker	19	5
68	47	Yuma	20	8

Phoenix Area

Normal temperatures for December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
66	42	Apache Junction	19	6
66	45	Phoenix	19	7
65	43	Scottsdale	18	6
65	41	South Phoenix	18	5
69	38	Tempe	21	3

Central Arizona

December temperature averages
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
68	38	Casa Grande	20	4
56	33	Globe	13	0
43	14	Greer	6	-10
49	34	Jerome	9	1
47	22	Painted Desert National Park	8	-6
55	26	Payson	13	-4
50	21	Petrified Forest National Park	10	-6
52	24	Prescott	11	-5
58	33	Sedona	14	0
46	23	Show Low	8	-5
68	38	Stewart Mountain	20	3

Northern Arizona

Typical temperatures in December
High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
43	20	Canyon de Chelly	6	-7
43	17	Flagstaff	6	-8
43	18	Grand Canyon Village	6	-8
41	25	Monument Valley	5	-4
44	27	Page	7	-3
47	22	Pipe Springs Monument	8	-5
47	21	Williams	8	-6