Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Orléans, France: daytime highs average 7.5°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months 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 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In December its highs average 6.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks joint 32nd of 57 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Orléans, France is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 7.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 57 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in DecemberFrance · 97 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Versailles in DecemberFrance · 102 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 2.3°C · 68 mm rain
- Tours in DecemberFrance · 106 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in DecemberFrance · 107 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Créteil in DecemberFrance · 107 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in DecemberFrance · 108 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in DecemberFrance · 109 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Paris in DecemberFrance · 111 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.4°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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.