Bitcoin YearsDecember 2023 Bitcoin price in December 2023
Bitcoin opened December 2023 at about $38,689. Here is how that price compares with the month before, the year before and the months that followed.
- Price on the 1st
- $38,689
- Change on previous month
- +9.2%
- Change on a year earlier
- +128%
The price in context
On Dec 1, 2023, Bitcoin was priced at about $38,689. That is up 9.2% from November, when it started the month at $35,437.
In 2023, first-of-month prices ranged from $16,625 in January to $38,689 in December. December was the highest monthly price of the year.
A year earlier, in December 2022, the price was $16,967, so over twelve months Bitcoin was up 128%.
Twelve months later, in December 2024, the price was $97,280 (+151%).
By this month, Bitcoin had been through 3 halvings.
Compared with the latest price in our data ($77,521, Nov 2026), one bitcoin bought at this month’s price would be worth 2.0 times as much today. See the Bitcoin calculator.
What happened this month
Bitcoin ends the year above $42,000, up about 155%. More →
Price by month in 2023
Bitcoin price on the first day of each month, in US dollars. This month is highlighted.
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