Climate averages 1991–2020
Toulouse weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Toulouse: daytime highs average 10.3°C and nights cool to about 3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Andorra la Vella (122 km away). In December its highs average 7.0°C, 3.3°C cooler than Toulouse, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Toulouse ranks 15th of 57 for the warmest December highs and 9th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Toulouse is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 9.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 65 mm to 66 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
Toulouse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| February | 10.9°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 53 | 9.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 79 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.7°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 82 | 12.0 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 66 | 9.0 | 15.415 h |
| July | 27.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 51 | 7.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 65 | 8.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 65 | 10.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.4°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 75 | 11.8 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 10.3°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 65 | 10.9 | 9.09 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
- Andorra la Vella in DecemberAndorra · 122 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -0.9°C · 63 mm rain
- Béziers in DecemberFrance · 146 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 5.2°C · 67 mm rain
- Pau in DecemberFrance · 149 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 2.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Perpignan in DecemberFrance · 155 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 4.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Montpellier in DecemberFrance · 196 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.3°C · 63 mm rain
- Manresa in DecemberSpain · 211 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Bordeaux in DecemberFrance · 212 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 4.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Girona in DecemberSpain · 213 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.7°C · 60 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 Toulouse) is explained once on the Toulouse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.