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Typical December weather
Virginia Beach
Virginia · December
54° days
35° nights
about 6 rainy days · 9½ hours of daylight · ocean 52°
What to pack
- Sweater
What December feels like
The Holiday Lights display runs along the Boardwalk in December — you drive the oceanfront slowly with the heater on and the windows down. Hard freezes are common enough that the outdoor showers get shut off, and a wet snow every few years makes the Bay Bridge-Tunnel genuinely unpleasant.
Expect about 6 days with real rain — enough to notice, not enough to plan around. The air runs dry — whatever the thermometer says, it wears easy. about 11 nights dip below freezing.
Can you swim?
The ocean runs about 52° — frigid — locals in wetsuits only.
The numbers
| Typical high | 54° |
|---|---|
| Typical low | 35° |
| Days with real rain | 6 |
| Total rain | 3.3 in |
| Humidity | dry air |
| Water temperature | 52° |
| Sunrise / sunset (mid-month) | 7:09 am / 4:48 pm |