Climate averages 1991–2020
Aalborg weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Aalborg: daytime highs average 4.3°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Århus (101 km away). In December its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Aalborg, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Denmark, Aalborg ranks 4th of 5 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 4.5°C; Aalborg is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 57 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
Aalborg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 57 | 11.5 | 7.57 h |
| February | 3.6°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 44 | 9.4 | 9.49 h |
| March | 6.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 44 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 46 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 62 | 10.9 | 16.516 h |
| June | 18.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 77 | 11.6 | 17.818 h |
| July | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 72 | 11.6 | 17.217 h |
| August | 20.0°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 79 | 12.6 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 61 | 10.8 | 12.913 h |
| October | 11.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 71 | 12.0 | 10.410 h |
| November | 7.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 54 | 11.0 | 8.28 h |
| December, selected | 4.3°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 54 | 11.4 | 6.87 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
- Århus in DecemberDenmark · 101 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 143 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Kristiansand in DecemberNorway · 167 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Halmstad in DecemberSweden · 183 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Odense in DecemberDenmark · 186 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Borås in DecemberSweden · 196 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Esbjerg in DecemberDenmark · 197 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 2.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Helsingborg in DecemberSweden · 203 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 57 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 Aalborg) is explained once on the Aalborg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.