Climate averages 1991–2020
Wilhelmshaven weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Wilhelmshaven: daytime highs average 5.2°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bremerhaven (31 km away). In December its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Wilhelmshaven, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Wilhelmshaven ranks joint 48th of 120 for the warmest December highs and joint 29th of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Wilhelmshaven is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 64 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
Wilhelmshaven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 64 | 13.4 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 50 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.4°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 11.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.8°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 76 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 21.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 87 | 14.4 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 82 | 14.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 67 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 62 | 12.4 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 11.9 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 5.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 63 | 12.9 | 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
- Bremerhaven in DecemberGermany · 31 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Oldenburg in DecemberGermany · 46 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Delmenhorst in DecemberGermany · 65 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low 1.3°C · 65 mm rain
- Bremen in DecemberGermany · 70 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Groningen in DecemberThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Hamburg in DecemberGermany · 125 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.7°C · 62 mm rain
- Norderstedt in DecemberGermany · 126 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Neumünster in DecemberGermany · 137 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 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 Wilhelmshaven) is explained once on the Wilhelmshaven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.