Climate averages 1991–2020
Hasselt weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Hasselt: daytime highs average 6.3°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maastricht (26 km away). In December its highs average 6.2°C, about as warm as Hasselt, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Hasselt ranks joint 14th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 6.5°C; Hasselt is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 5.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 77 mm to 66 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Hasselt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.8°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 66 | 12.2 | 8.58 h |
| February | 6.9°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 60 | 11.4 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.4°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 60 | 12.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.4°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 48 | 10.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 69 | 12.4 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 75 | 12.7 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 75 | 12.2 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 58 | 10.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 61 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 9.7°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 64 | 12.1 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 6.3°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 77 | 13.6 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Maastricht in DecemberThe Netherlands · 26 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 87 mm rain
- Liège in DecemberBelgium · 37 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 82 mm rain
- Leuven in DecemberBelgium · 45 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 72 mm rain
- Heerlen in DecemberThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 72 mm rain
- Aachen in DecemberGermany · 55 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Eindhoven in DecemberThe Netherlands · 58 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Mechelen in DecemberBelgium · 61 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Namur in DecemberBelgium · 61 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 2.0°C · 80 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Hasselt) is explained once on the Hasselt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.