Climate averages 1991–2020
Weather in Germany in December
In December, average daytime highs across the 120 cities listed in Germany range from 3.0°C in Villingen-Schwenningen to 6.0°C in Mönchengladbach. Monthly rainfall ranges from 46 mm in Halle (Saale) to 119 mm in Bergisch Gladbach.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
City by city
December in Germany
| City | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm | Rain days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | 3.9°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.2 |
| Hamburg | 4.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 62 | 12.3 |
| Munich | 3.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 67 | 12.9 |
| Köln | 5.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 101 | 16.0 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 5.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 68 | 13.9 |
| Düsseldorf | 5.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Stuttgart | 5.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 73 | 13.2 |
| Essen | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 84 | 14.1 |
| Dortmund | 5.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 87 | 14.7 |
| Dresden | 4.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 62 | 12.8 |
| Bremen | 4.9°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 65 | 12.8 |
| Nuremberg | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 69 | 13.5 |
| Hannover | 4.8°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 60 | 12.5 |
| Leipzig | 4.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 51 | 12.4 |
| Duisburg | 5.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 79 | 13.7 |
| Bochum | 5.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Wuppertal | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 110 | 16.6 |
| Bielefeld | 4.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 77 | 14.1 |
| Bonn | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 75 | 14.9 |
| Münster | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 71 | 13.1 |
| Mannheim | 5.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 72 | 13.8 |
| Augsburg | 4.0°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 71 | 12.8 |
| Wiesbaden | 5.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 62 | 12.8 |
| Karlsruhe | 5.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 83 | 14.3 |
| Gelsenkirchen | 5.7°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 84 | 14.1 |
| Aachen | 5.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 85 | 14.5 |
| Mönchengladbach | 6.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 79 | 14.2 |
| Kiel | 4.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 12.0 |
| Chemnitz | 3.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 77 | 14.3 |
| Braunschweig | 4.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 58 | 13.1 |
| Magdeburg | 4.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 50 | 11.9 |
| Krefeld | 5.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 79 | 14.2 |
| Halle (Saale) | 4.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 11.7 |
| Freiburg | 5.8°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 108 | 14.4 |
| Mainz | 5.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 62 | 12.8 |
| Oberhausen | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 79 | 13.7 |
| Erfurt | 4.1°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 49 | 11.6 |
| Lübeck | 4.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 56 | 11.9 |
| Hagen | 5.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 112 | 16.4 |
| Rostock | 4.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 51 | 11.5 |
| Kassel | 4.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 60 | 13.1 |
| Potsdam | 4.1°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 46 | 11.4 |
| Saarbrücken | 5.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 99 | 14.4 |
| Hamm | 5.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 73 | 13.4 |
| Mülheim | 5.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 84 | 14.1 |
| Darmstadt | 5.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 85 | 14.9 |
| Osnabrück | 5.1°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 75 | 13.3 |
| Solingen | 4.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 106 | 16.1 |
| Ludwigshafen am Rhein | 5.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 72 | 13.8 |
| Leverkusen | 5.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 101 | 16.0 |
| Oldenburg | 5.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 66 | 12.9 |
| Neuss | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Regensburg | 3.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 59 | 11.9 |
| Heidelberg, Germany | 5.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 95 | 15.1 |
| Paderborn | 4.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 82 | 14.7 |
| Würzburg | 4.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 13.1 |
| Fürth | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 69 | 13.5 |
| Wolfsburg | 4.5°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 55 | 12.2 |
| Recklinghausen | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Göttingen | 4.4°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 67 | 14.0 |
| Heilbronn | 5.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 90 | 14.6 |
| Ingolstadt | 4.0°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 59 | 12.1 |
| Ulm | 3.9°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 68 | 13.0 |
| Pforzheim | 5.6°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 82 | 14.0 |
| Offenbach | 5.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 68 | 13.9 |
| Bremerhaven | 5.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 13.1 |
| Remscheid | 4.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 110 | 16.6 |
| Reutlingen | 4.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 75 | 13.7 |
| Koblenz | 5.6°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 64 | 13.3 |
| Siegen | 4.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 109 | 15.8 |
| Bergisch Gladbach | 5.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 119 | 16.8 |
| Salzgitter | 4.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 58 | 13.1 |
| Jena | 4.5°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 50 | 11.5 |
| Gera | 4.2°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 54 | 12.7 |
| Moers | 5.9°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 79 | 13.7 |
| Hildesheim | 4.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 60 | 12.9 |
| Erlangen | 4.0°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 69 | 13.5 |
| Trier | 5.4°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 99 | 14.4 |
| Zwickau | 3.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 70 | 13.9 |
| Kaiserslautern | 5.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 72 | 13.4 |
| Schwerin | 4.0°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 52 | 11.5 |
| Gütersloh | 5.1°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 77 | 14.1 |
| Düren | 5.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 73 | 14.2 |
| Esslingen | 5.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 73 | 13.2 |
| Tübingen | 5.0°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 78 | 13.5 |
| Iserlohn | 4.4°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 85 | 14.7 |
| Witten | 5.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Ratingen | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Marl | 5.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 80 | 13.6 |
| Lünen | 5.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 87 | 14.7 |
| Gießen | 4.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 67 | 13.1 |
| Hanau am Main | 5.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 80 | 14.4 |
| Velbert | 4.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 106 | 16.1 |
| Ludwigsburg | 4.9°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 83 | 14.2 |
| Flensburg | 4.6°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 63 | 12.6 |
| Cottbus | 3.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 48 | 11.3 |
| Wilhelmshaven | 5.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 12.9 |
| Minden | 4.9°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 67 | 13.1 |
| Norderstedt | 4.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 65 | 12.7 |
| Villingen-Schwenningen | 3.0°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 100 | 13.7 |
| Konstanz | 4.3°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 85 | 13.7 |
| Worms | 5.3°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 61 | 13.0 |
| Neumünster | 4.4°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 65 | 12.8 |
| Dorsten | 5.7°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 80 | 13.6 |
| Lüdenscheid | 3.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 106 | 16.3 |
| Marburg an der Lahn | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 66 | 12.7 |
| Castrop-Rauxel | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 89 | 15.0 |
| Rheine | 5.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 72 | 13.0 |
| Viersen | 6.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 79 | 14.2 |
| Delmenhorst | 5.0°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 65 | 12.8 |
| Gladbeck | 5.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 84 | 14.1 |
| Arnsberg | 4.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 81 | 14.7 |
| Troisdorf | 5.8°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 90 | 15.5 |
| Bocholt | 5.7°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 76 | 13.0 |
| Detmold | 4.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 78 | 14.3 |
| Bayreuth | 3.4°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 86 | 14.5 |
| Landshut | 3.5°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 66 | 13.0 |
| Lüneburg | 4.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 55 | 11.7 |
| Celle | 4.6°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 61 | 12.3 |
| Bamberg | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 14.0 |
A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.