Singapore in December

Wettest month, Christmas lights on Orchard Road, school holidays and year-end hotel rates.

• Singapore Island · The whole island, Sentosa, Pulau Ubinrainy

  Equatorial: 25–33 °C every month. Northeast monsoon Dec–Mar, wettest Nov–Jan with long rainy spells; February is the driest month. Southwest monsoon Jun–Sep is drier, with dawn squalls and haze risk Aug–Oct when fires burn in Sumatra and Borneo. April–May and Oct–Nov bring afternoon thunderstorms.

• Riau Islands and Johor (day trips) · Batam, Bintan, Johor Bahrurainy

  Same weather as Singapore; northeast-monsoon seas Dec–Feb make the Bintan ferry rough and the beaches on Bintan's north coast unswimmable some days.

• Singapore city30° / 24°, 19 rain days

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.

• Christmas Day

  25 Dec

  Orchard Road lights from mid-November; malls packed, hotels full over the school holidays.

• Christmas on Orchard Road

  Mid-November to early January · Singapore city

  Light-up and mall displays; crowded evenings and weekends.

• Year-end holidays and countdown

  Mid-December to 31 December · Singapore city

  Countdown fireworks over the bay; MRT runs later on New Year's Eve (check).

Crowds · Singapore

High

Prices · Singapore

High

High-price month: see what to book ahead.

• A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast

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