Climate averages 1991–2020
Zwickau weather
in December.
A cold, moderately 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 Zwickau: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gera (33 km away). In December its highs average 4.2°C, about as warm as Zwickau, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Zwickau ranks joint 113th of 120 for the warmest December highs and 51st of 120 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 120 cities is 4.9°C; Zwickau is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 68 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
Zwickau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 68 | 13.6 | 8.59 h |
| February | 4.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 54 | 11.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 67 | 13.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 51 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 75 | 13.3 | 15.515 h |
| June | 20.9°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 83 | 12.6 | 16.416 h |
| July | 23.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 93 | 13.0 | 16.016 h |
| August | 23.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 79 | 12.3 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 11.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 64 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 66 | 11.7 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 3.8°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 70 | 13.9 | 8.18 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
- Gera in DecemberGermany · 33 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Chemnitz in DecemberGermany · 33 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Jena in DecemberGermany · 67 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Leipzig in DecemberGermany · 69 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Halle (Saale) in DecemberGermany · 91 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Dresden in DecemberGermany · 95 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Erfurt in DecemberGermany · 106 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -0.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Bayreuth in DecemberGermany · 108 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.9°C · 86 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 Zwickau) is explained once on the Zwickau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.