Climate averages 1991–2020
Tórshavn weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Tórshavn: daytime highs average 6.2°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 125 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 5 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aberdeen (601 km away). In December its highs average 6.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tórshavn, with 74 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 125 mm to 122 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
Tórshavn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 122 | 19.6 | 6.26 h |
| February | 5.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 97 | 16.9 | 8.89 h |
| March | 5.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 93 | 17.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 7.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 67 | 13.9 | 14.715 h |
| May | 8.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 54 | 11.8 | 17.718 h |
| June | 10.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 46 | 8.9 | 19.520 h |
| July | 12.2°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 53 | 11.4 | 18.719 h |
| August | 12.4°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| September | 11.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 94 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 9.1°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 117 | 18.2 | 10.010 h |
| November | 7.3°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 119 | 19.2 | 7.27 h |
| December, selected | 6.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 125 | 19.1 | 5.45 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
- Aberdeen in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 601 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 3.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Dundee, United Kingdom in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 653 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Bergen in DecemberNorway · 671 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 271 mm rain
- Glasgow in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 698 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.4°C · 115 mm rain
- Paisley in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 700 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Edinburgh in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 704 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low 2.1°C · 76 mm rain
- East Kilbride in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 710 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Stavanger in DecemberNorway · 762 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 209 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 Tórshavn) is explained once on the Tórshavn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.