Climate averages 1991–2020

Bamberg 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.

Average high 4.1°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -0.2°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 80 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bamberg · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Bamberg: daytime highs average 4.1°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 11 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Erlangen (35 km away). In December its highs average 4.0°C, about as warm as Bamberg, with 69 mm of rain.

Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bamberg ranks joint 97th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 77th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Bamberg is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 3.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 71 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bamberg climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bamberg, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.5°C-1.6°C-1.6°C7113.48.69 h
February 5.2°C-1.5°C-1.5°C5610.510.110 h
March 9.6°C1.2°C1.2°C6412.511.812 h
April 14.7°C4.7°C4.7°C4910.713.714 h
May 18.8°C9.3°C9.3°C6812.415.415 h
June 21.9°C12.7°C12.7°C7112.116.316 h
July 24.0°C14.8°C14.8°C7812.715.916 h
August 23.9°C14.6°C14.6°C6911.514.514 h
September 19.2°C10.7°C10.7°C6310.112.713 h
October 13.8°C6.8°C6.8°C6411.410.811 h
November 7.8°C2.7°C2.7°C6711.69.19 h
December, selected 4.1°C-0.2°C-0.2°C8014.08.28 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

Distance from Bamberg

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bamberg) is explained once on the Bamberg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.