Climate averages 1991–2020
Béziers weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Béziers: daytime highs average 10.9°C and nights cool to about 5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montpellier (61 km away). In December its highs average 11.1°C, about as warm as Béziers, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Béziers ranks joint 9th of 57 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Béziers is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 67 mm to 73 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
Béziers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 73 | 9.2 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.0°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 51 | 6.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 56 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 65 | 8.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 55 | 7.5 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 27 | 4.1 | 15.315 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 16 | 3.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 28 | 5.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 87 | 6.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 119 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 98 | 10.4 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 10.9°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 67 | 8.9 | 9.09 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
- Montpellier in DecemberFrance · 61 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Perpignan in DecemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Nîmes in DecemberFrance · 107 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 56 mm rain
- Avignon in DecemberFrance · 145 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Toulouse in DecemberFrance · 146 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 3.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Girona in DecemberSpain · 154 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in DecemberAndorra · 166 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in DecemberFrance · 173 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.8°C · 58 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 Béziers) is explained once on the Béziers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.