Climate averages 1991–2020
Villingen-Schwenningen weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Villingen-Schwenningen: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Freiburg (48 km away). In December its highs average 5.8°C, 2.9°C warmer than Villingen-Schwenningen, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Villingen-Schwenningen ranks 120th of 120 for the warmest December highs and 109th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Villingen-Schwenningen is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 2.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 87 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
Villingen-Schwenningen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 87 | 12.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.4°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 75 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.5°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 87 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 87 | 14.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 133 | 17.5 | 15.215 h |
| June | 19.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 126 | 16.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 21.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 138 | 16.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 21.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 124 | 15.4 | 14.314 h |
| September | 16.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 93 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.5°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 91 | 12.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.7°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 83 | 12.3 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 3.0°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 100 | 13.7 | 8.58 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
- Freiburg in DecemberGermany · 48 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Winterthur in DecemberSwitzerland · 64 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Tübingen in DecemberGermany · 66 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -0.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Konstanz in DecemberGermany · 68 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Reutlingen in DecemberGermany · 71 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Zürich in DecemberSwitzerland · 77 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Strasbourg in DecemberFrance · 80 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 0.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Basel in DecemberSwitzerland · 89 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 101 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 Villingen-Schwenningen) is explained once on the Villingen-Schwenningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.