Climate averages 1991–2020
Paderborn weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Paderborn: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about 1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 54 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Detmold (26 km away). In December its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Paderborn, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Paderborn ranks joint 62nd of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 82nd of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Paderborn is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 4.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 82 mm to 81 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
Paderborn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 81 | 14.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 5.3°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 64 | 12.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 8.9°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 70 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 12.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.3°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 66 | 12.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 70 | 13.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 81 | 13.9 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 81 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 71 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 73 | 13.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 8.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.4 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 4.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 82 | 14.7 | 7.98 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
- Detmold in DecemberGermany · 26 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Gütersloh in DecemberGermany · 33 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 1.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Bielefeld in DecemberGermany · 38 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Arnsberg in DecemberGermany · 60 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Minden in DecemberGermany · 64 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Hamm in DecemberGermany · 64 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Kassel in DecemberGermany · 68 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Osnabrück in DecemberGermany · 78 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 75 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 Paderborn) is explained once on the Paderborn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.