Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Dijon: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In December its highs average 6.6°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 52nd of 57 for the warmest December highs and joint 45th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Dijon is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 6.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in DecemberFrance · 76 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 124 mm rain
- Geneva in DecemberSwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 131 mm rain
- Lausanne in DecemberSwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in DecemberFrance · 172 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.5°C · 83 mm rain
- Lyon in DecemberFrance · 174 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Nancy in DecemberFrance · 176 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Mulhouse in DecemberFrance · 180 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 92 mm rain
- Bern in DecemberSwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 93 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.