Climate averages 1991–2020
Magdeburg weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Magdeburg: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about 0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wolfsburg (67 km away). In December its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Magdeburg, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Magdeburg ranks joint 75th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Magdeburg is 0.4°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 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
Magdeburg 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-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 50 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| February | 5.2°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 48 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 38 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 57 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 57 | 10.6 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 75 | 12.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 11.0 | 14.715 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 55 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 48 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.0°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 46 | 10.3 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 4.5°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 50 | 11.9 | 7.88 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
- Wolfsburg in DecemberGermany · 67 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in DecemberGermany · 76 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Braunschweig in DecemberGermany · 77 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.5°C · 58 mm rain
- Salzgitter in DecemberGermany · 83 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Leipzig in DecemberGermany · 102 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Potsdam in DecemberGermany · 102 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Hildesheim in DecemberGermany · 115 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Celle in DecemberGermany · 119 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 0.8°C · 61 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 Magdeburg) is explained once on the Magdeburg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.