Climate averages 1991–2020
Bolzano weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
Approximate: the model cell is 526 m higher than the city, so the temperatures are adjusted up by 3.4°C. For places not marked Approximate, the cell is within 400 m of the place's elevation.
December is a cold month in Bolzano: daytime highs average 7.1°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Trento (50 km away, marked approximate). In December its highs average 7.5°C, about as warm as Bolzano, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Bolzano ranks joint 69th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 28th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Bolzano is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 6.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 71 mm to 52 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
Bolzano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 52 | 8.1 | 9.09 h |
| February | 8.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 52 | 8.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 72 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.4°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 96 | 13.0 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 108 | 13.9 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 91 | 11.8 | 15.716 h |
| July | 26.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 81 | 10.2 | 15.415 h |
| August | 26.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 85 | 11.1 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 93 | 10.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 129 | 13.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 129 | 12.2 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 7.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 71 | 9.1 | 8.79 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
- Trento (approximate) in DecemberItaly · 50 kmHigh 7.5°C · Low 1.0°C · 78 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in DecemberAustria · 86 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Vicenza in DecemberItaly · 106 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low -0.3°C · 76 mm rain
- Treviso in DecemberItaly · 115 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Verona in DecemberItaly · 120 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 74 mm rain
- Padua in DecemberItaly · 128 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Mestre in DecemberItaly · 131 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Brescia in DecemberItaly · 137 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 68 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 Bolzano) is explained once on the Bolzano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.