Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Mans 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 Le Mans: daytime highs average 8.0°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (77 km away). In December its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Le Mans, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Mans ranks 25th of 57 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Le Mans is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 63 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 Mans climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 63 | 10.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 48 | 8.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 51 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 8.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 72 | 11.5 | 8.58 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
- Tours in DecemberFrance · 77 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Angers in DecemberFrance · 82 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Orléans, France in DecemberFrance · 127 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Caen in DecemberFrance · 138 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 4.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Rennes in DecemberFrance · 140 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Nantes in DecemberFrance · 158 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Poitiers in DecemberFrance · 158 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 3.2°C · 71 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in DecemberFrance · 159 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 68 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 Mans) is explained once on the Le Mans year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.