Climate averages 1991–2020
Berlin weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Berlin: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Potsdam (27 km away). In December its highs average 4.1°C, about as warm as Berlin, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Berlin ranks joint 108th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Berlin is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 49 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
Berlin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 49 | 11.6 | 8.28 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 37 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 47 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 37 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.6°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 55 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 57 | 10.4 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 77 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 57 | 10.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 51 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 46 | 9.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | 3.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.2 | 7.88 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
- Potsdam in DecemberGermany · 27 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Cottbus in DecemberGermany · 106 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -0.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in DecemberPoland · 125 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Szczecin in DecemberPoland · 126 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Magdeburg in DecemberGermany · 129 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Stargard in DecemberPoland · 142 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Leipzig in DecemberGermany · 150 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in DecemberGermany · 152 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 46 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 Berlin) is explained once on the Berlin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.