Climate averages 1991–2020
Modena weather
in December.
A cool, 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 cool month in Modena: daytime highs average 8.2°C and nights cool to about 0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Carpi (15 km away). In December its highs average 7.9°C, about as warm as Modena, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Modena ranks 52nd of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Modena is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 7.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 43 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
Modena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.8°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 43 | 7.0 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.8°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 54 | 7.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 54 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 73 | 10.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 73 | 9.6 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 56 | 8.3 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.1°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 47 | 6.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 53 | 7.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 68 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 69 | 8.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.7°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 78 | 9.2 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 8.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 7.9 | 8.99 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
- Carpi in DecemberItaly · 15 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Reggio nell'Emilia in DecemberItaly · 24 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Bologna in DecemberItaly · 37 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Parma in DecemberItaly · 50 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Ferrara in DecemberItaly · 59 kmHigh 8.5°C · Low 1.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Pistoia in DecemberItaly · 80 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Prato in DecemberItaly · 86 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 2.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Verona in DecemberItaly · 88 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.6°C · 74 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 Modena) is explained once on the Modena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Carpi lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.