Climate averages 1991–2020
Clermont-Ferrand weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Clermont-Ferrand: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Étienne (108 km away). In December its highs average 7.0°C, about as warm as Clermont-Ferrand, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Clermont-Ferrand ranks 43rd of 57 for the warmest December highs and 6th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Clermont-Ferrand is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 6.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 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
Clermont-Ferrand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 62 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 83 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.0 | 9.510 h |
| December, selected | 7.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.79 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
- Saint-Étienne in DecemberFrance · 108 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Lyon in DecemberFrance · 137 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in DecemberFrance · 139 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Limoges in DecemberFrance · 143 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Grenoble in DecemberFrance · 216 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Dijon in DecemberFrance · 225 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Poitiers in DecemberFrance · 229 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Nîmes in DecemberFrance · 238 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 4.0°C · 56 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 Clermont-Ferrand) is explained once on the Clermont-Ferrand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.