Climate averages 1991–2020
Parma 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 Parma: daytime highs average 7.7°C and nights cool to about 0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Reggio nell'Emilia (27 km away). In December its highs average 7.7°C, about as warm as Parma, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Parma ranks joint 59th of 79 for the warmest December highs and joint 30th of 79 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 79 cities is 10.5°C; Parma is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 7.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 56 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
Parma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.5°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 56 | 7.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 9.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 66 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 69 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 86 | 10.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 82 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 27.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 58 | 7.7 | 15.516 h |
| July | 30.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 40 | 5.8 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 52 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 77 | 8.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 92 | 9.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.3°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 100 | 10.5 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 73 | 8.6 | 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
- Reggio nell'Emilia in DecemberItaly · 27 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 0.8°C · 65 mm rain
- Carpi in DecemberItaly · 44 kmHigh 7.9°C · Low 1.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Cremona in DecemberItaly · 44 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Modena in DecemberItaly · 50 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 59 mm rain
- Piacenza in DecemberItaly · 57 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low 0.9°C · 73 mm rain
- Brescia in DecemberItaly · 82 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low 0.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Bologna in DecemberItaly · 87 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 1.4°C · 69 mm rain
- La Spezia in DecemberItaly · 87 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 6.5°C · 145 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 Parma) is explained once on the Parma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.