Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Poitiers: daytime highs average 8.5°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In December its highs average 8.4°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest December highs and joint 23rd of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Poitiers is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 64 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 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
- Tours in DecemberFrance · 94 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Limoges in DecemberFrance · 109 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Angers in DecemberFrance · 120 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 3.6°C · 70 mm rain
- La Rochelle in DecemberFrance · 124 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 5.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Le Mans in DecemberFrance · 158 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Nantes in DecemberFrance · 160 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Orléans, France in DecemberFrance · 188 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Bordeaux in DecemberFrance · 206 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 73 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.