Climate averages 1991–2020
Lüneburg weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Lüneburg: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 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 38 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hamburg (44 km away). In December its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Lüneburg, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Lüneburg ranks joint 75th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 12th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Lüneburg is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 3.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 55 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
Lüneburg 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-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 55 | 11.8 | 8.18 h |
| February | 4.9°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 44 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 49 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 45 | 10.3 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 60 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 68 | 11.5 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 82 | 12.9 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 73 | 12.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 53 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 52 | 10.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.7°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 48 | 10.7 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 4.5°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 55 | 11.7 | 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
- Hamburg in DecemberGermany · 44 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Norderstedt in DecemberGermany · 57 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Lübeck in DecemberGermany · 71 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Celle in DecemberGermany · 73 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Schwerin in DecemberGermany · 78 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low 0.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Wolfsburg in DecemberGermany · 95 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Neumünster in DecemberGermany · 96 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Hannover in DecemberGermany · 108 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 0.8°C · 60 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 Lüneburg) is explained once on the Lüneburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.