Climate averages 1991–2020
Kiel weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Kiel: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Neumünster (29 km away). In December its highs average 4.4°C, about as warm as Kiel, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Kiel ranks joint 75th of 120 for the warmest December highs and 15th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Kiel is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 3.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 57 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
Kiel climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 57 | 11.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | 4.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.710 h |
| March | 7.5°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 49 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 43 | 9.7 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.8 | 17.117 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.7 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 54 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 56 | 11.2 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 50 | 10.9 | 8.69 h |
| December, selected | 4.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 57 | 12.0 | 7.47 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
- Neumünster in DecemberGermany · 29 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Lübeck in DecemberGermany · 62 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Flensburg in DecemberGermany · 69 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 1.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Norderstedt in DecemberGermany · 70 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Hamburg in DecemberGermany · 86 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Schwerin in DecemberGermany · 114 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Lüneburg in DecemberGermany · 120 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 55 mm rain
- Odense in DecemberDenmark · 121 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 48 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 Kiel) is explained once on the Kiel year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.