December in Pokémon GO brings many events. What can we expect? We look at raids, spotlight hours and dates.
What does December bring to Pokémon GO? Typically, December is characterized by Christmas and New Year’s events at the end of the month, but there are generally several dates worth marking in your calendar.
Overall, December has some exciting content to offer:
- The new season Valuable Paths begins
- The Journey to Paldea starts in December
- Reshiram and Zekrom return as strong attackers in raids
- Kyurem is also available
- You will encounter Geosali for the first time
- Crypto-Heatran will appear in crypto raids
- The big double Community Day is coming up
- On December 31, you will encounter Kopplosio in raids
To give you a complete overview, you will find the thematic events, raid hours, spotlight hours, and Dyna-Events listed in the following tables as usual.
As always, where more information is already known, we have included the corresponding link. Further information will be updated over the coming weeks as it becomes available!
Possible shinies are marked with an asterisk*.
Pokémon GO: Events in December 2025
| Date | Event |
| December 2 – 9 | Journey to Paldea |
| December 6 – 7 | Community Day with many Pokémon |
| December 11 – 16 | Well Armed |
| December 14 | Dynamax Battle Day |
| December 18 – 24 | Winter Holiday, Part 1 |
| December 20 | Research Day |
| December 24 – 29 | Winter Holiday, Part 2 |
| December 27 – 28 | Winter Weekend |
| December 31 – January 4 | New Year Event 2026 |
Pokémon GO: Spotlight Hours in December 2025
| Date | Spotlight Hour with… |
| December 2 | Koknodon* and double Transfer Candy |
| December 9 | Schilterus* with double Catch XP |
| December 16 | Lin-Fu* with double Catch Candy |
| December 23 | Seemops* with double Evolution XP |
| December 30 | Botogel* with double Catch Stardust |
Pokémon GO: Raid Hours in December 2025
| Date | Raid Hour with… |
| December 3 | Kobalium*, Viridium* and Terrakium* |
| December 10 | Kyurem* |
| December 17 | Reshiram* |
| December 24 | Zekrom* |
| December 31 | Kopplosio* |
Pokémon GO: Dyna-Mighty Mondays in December 2025
| Date | Dyna-Mighty Monday with… |
| December 1 | Flampion* |
| December 8 | Frigometri* |
| December 15 | Kabuto* |
| December 22 | Seemops* |
| December 29 | Amonitas* |
In total, December brings some interesting Pokémon. Especially in raids, there are strong attackers, and also Kopplosio is a Pokémon that has not been caught very often yet. Exciting monsters indeed! If you want to know which ones are worth using in battles: Here you will find the best attackers in Pokémon GO.
