When to go · Coolongolook
Coolongolook in December
Avoid month. Listed as a month to avoid: Dec–Jan (school holidays, highway traffic and heat).
Key facts
- Verdict
- Avoid
- Temperature
- 27°C81°F / 17°C63°F
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 11
- Crowds
- High
- Australia overall
- Prices
- High
- Australia overall
Verdict
Listed as a month to avoid: Dec–Jan (school holidays, highway traffic and heat).
Weather in December
- CoolongolookHighs around 27 °C, lows around 17 °C, rain on about 11 daysHighs around 81 °F, lows around 63 °F, rain on about 11 days
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
New Year big impact
31 Dec – 1 Jan · Australia
Sydney Harbour fireworks: vantage points ticketed or claimed from morning; beds book out months ahead.
Summer school holidays big impact
Mid-Dec to late Jan · Australia
Coast, campsites, ferries and Tasmania fill; prices peak.
Christmas and Boxing Day big impact
25–26 December · Australia
Shops closed on Christmas Day; Boxing Day Test in Melbourne and the Sydney–Hobart yacht race start.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Australia overall
- High
- Prices · Australia overall
- High
Australia overall: Summer holidays begin; bushfire risk and heatwaves in the south, wet season in the north; book everything early.
High-price month: see what to book ahead.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast