Climate averages 1991–2020
Reims weather
in December.
A cold, 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 cold month in Reims: daytime highs average 6.7°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marne La Vallée (112 km away). In December its highs average 7.1°C, about as warm as Reims, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Reims ranks 51st of 57 for the warmest December highs and 38th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Reims is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 60 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
Reims climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| December, selected | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 13.2 | 8.38 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
- Marne La Vallée in DecemberFrance · 112 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in DecemberFrance · 117 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Créteil in DecemberFrance · 125 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in DecemberFrance · 127 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 2.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Paris in DecemberFrance · 131 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Charleroi in DecemberBelgium · 131 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in DecemberFrance · 131 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Mons in DecemberBelgium · 132 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 78 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 Reims) is explained once on the Reims year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.