Climate averages 1991–2020
Angers weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Angers: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 3.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (81 km away). In December its highs average 9.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Angers, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Angers ranks 20th of 57 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Angers is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 8.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 62 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
Angers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 62 | 11.2 | 8.99 h |
| February | 9.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 50 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 54 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 62 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 44 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 40 | 7.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 46 | 7.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 10.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 62 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 8.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 70 | 11.4 | 8.59 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
- Nantes in DecemberFrance · 81 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Le Mans in DecemberFrance · 82 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Tours in DecemberFrance · 95 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Rennes in DecemberFrance · 110 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Poitiers in DecemberFrance · 120 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- La Rochelle in DecemberFrance · 152 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Orléans, France in DecemberFrance · 190 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Caen in DecemberFrance · 191 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 74 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 Angers) is explained once on the Angers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.