Climate averages 1991–2020
Marburg an der Lahn weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Marburg an der Lahn: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gießen (26 km away). In December its highs average 4.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Marburg an der Lahn, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Marburg an der Lahn ranks joint 101st of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 36th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Marburg an der Lahn is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 58 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
Marburg an der Lahn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 58 | 11.6 | 8.58 h |
| February | 4.8°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 48 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 51 | 11.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 47 | 10.1 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.4°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 11.0 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 59 | 10.6 | 16.416 h |
| July | 22.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 66 | 11.9 | 16.016 h |
| August | 22.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 61 | 10.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 56 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.0°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 10.8 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 66 | 12.7 | 8.08 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
- Gießen in DecemberGermany · 26 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Siegen in DecemberGermany · 53 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low 0.0°C · 109 mm rain
- Hanau am Main in DecemberGermany · 76 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 80 mm rain
- Kassel in DecemberGermany · 76 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Frankfurt am Main in DecemberGermany · 77 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Offenbach in DecemberGermany · 79 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 0.4°C · 68 mm rain
- Arnsberg in DecemberGermany · 80 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Wiesbaden in DecemberGermany · 89 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 62 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 Marburg an der Lahn) is explained once on the Marburg an der Lahn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.