Climate averages 1991–2020
Villeurbanne weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Villeurbanne: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about 1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lyon (3 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Villeurbanne, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Villeurbanne ranks joint 37th of 57 for the warmest December highs and 44th of 57 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 57 cities is 8.5°C; Villeurbanne is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 6.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 76 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
Villeurbanne climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 76 | 12.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 63 | 10.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 65 | 10.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 81 | 11.2 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.9°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 88 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 80 | 11.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 9.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 93 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.0°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 100 | 11.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.9°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 106 | 12.4 | 9.510 h |
| December, selected | 7.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 83 | 12.3 | 8.89 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
- Lyon in DecemberFrance · 3 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 1.7°C · 74 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in DecemberFrance · 53 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 1.1°C · 64 mm rain
- Grenoble in DecemberFrance · 92 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 133 mm rain
- Geneva in DecemberSwitzerland · 109 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 131 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in DecemberFrance · 139 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 62 mm rain
- Lausanne in DecemberSwitzerland · 159 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 1.6°C · 125 mm rain
- Dijon in DecemberFrance · 172 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.4°C · 84 mm rain
- Besançon in DecemberFrance · 186 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 1.2°C · 124 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 Villeurbanne) is explained once on the Villeurbanne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.