Climate averages 1991–2020
Bremerhaven weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Bremerhaven: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about 1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wilhelmshaven (31 km away). In December its highs average 5.2°C, about as warm as Bremerhaven, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bremerhaven ranks joint 55th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 36th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Bremerhaven is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 4.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 67 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
Bremerhaven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.18 h |
| February | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 10.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 54 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 52 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 12.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 14.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 20.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 84 | 13.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 10.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 65 | 12.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 5.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 13.1 | 7.68 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
- Wilhelmshaven in DecemberGermany · 31 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 1.4°C · 63 mm rain
- Oldenburg in DecemberGermany · 52 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Bremen in DecemberGermany · 55 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Delmenhorst in DecemberGermany · 56 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Hamburg in DecemberGermany · 94 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Norderstedt in DecemberGermany · 95 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Neumünster in DecemberGermany · 109 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Lüneburg in DecemberGermany · 127 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 55 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 Bremerhaven) is explained once on the Bremerhaven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.