Climate averages 1991–2020
Cottbus weather
in December.
A cold, 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 cold month in Cottbus: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 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 7 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zielona Góra (83 km away). In December its highs average 3.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Cottbus, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Cottbus ranks joint 108th of 120 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Cottbus is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 50 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
Cottbus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 50 | 11.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | 4.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 9.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 37 | 8.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 53 | 10.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 81 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 62 | 10.4 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 52 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.6°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 46 | 9.7 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 3.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 11.3 | 7.98 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
- Zielona Góra in DecemberPoland · 83 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Dresden in DecemberGermany · 89 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Berlin in DecemberGermany · 106 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Potsdam in DecemberGermany · 112 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Liberec in DecemberCzechia · 121 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in DecemberCzechia · 124 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in DecemberPoland · 125 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Lubin in DecemberPoland · 135 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 40 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 Cottbus) is explained once on the Cottbus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.