Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Havre weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Le Havre: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 121 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caen (48 km away). In December its highs average 8.5°C, about as warm as Le Havre, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Havre ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest December highs and 55th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Le Havre is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 7.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 121 mm to 87 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
Le Havre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 13.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 73 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 104 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 111 | 16.2 | 9.29 h |
| December, selected | 8.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 121 | 16.6 | 8.28 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
- Caen in DecemberFrance · 48 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Rouen in DecemberFrance · 72 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 3.1°C · 81 mm rain
- Eastbourne in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 142 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Brighton in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 8.3°C · Low 4.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Hove in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 150 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Worthing in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 151 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 99 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in DecemberFrance · 152 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Hastings, United Kingdom in DecemberUnited Kingdom · 155 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 4.7°C · 107 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 Le Havre) is explained once on the Le Havre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.