Climate averages 1991–2020
Vaduz weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Vaduz: daytime highs average 5.0°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sankt Gallen (33 km away). In December its highs average 3.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Vaduz, with 105 mm of rain.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 124 mm to 110 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
Vaduz climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 110 | 12.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.7°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 105 | 12.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 9.4°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 125 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.6°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 126 | 15.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 188 | 20.0 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.3°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 217 | 19.9 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 210 | 19.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 23.1°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 219 | 18.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.1°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 154 | 15.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 120 | 12.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 121 | 13.0 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 5.0°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 124 | 14.2 | 8.69 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
- Sankt Gallen in DecemberSwitzerland · 33 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -3.5°C · 105 mm rain
- Konstanz in DecemberGermany · 63 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Winterthur in DecemberSwitzerland · 72 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -0.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Zürich in DecemberSwitzerland · 77 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -0.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Luzern in DecemberSwitzerland · 93 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 0.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Villingen-Schwenningen in DecemberGermany · 128 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Innsbruck (approximate) in DecemberAustria · 142 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -4.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Ulm in DecemberGermany · 144 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.5°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 Vaduz) is explained once on the Vaduz year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.