Climate averages 1991–2020
Drammen weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Drammen: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oslo (36 km away). In December its highs average -0.5°C, about as warm as Drammen, with 71 mm of precipitation.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Drammen ranks 5th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 8 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 1.4°C; Drammen is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -1.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 74 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Drammen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 78 | 11.5 | 6.97 h |
| February | 0.2°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 53 | 8.5 | 9.19 h |
| March | 4.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 57 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.8°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 56 | 9.0 | 14.514 h |
| May | 15.7°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 76 | 11.0 | 17.117 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 91 | 12.0 | 18.619 h |
| July | 21.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 101 | 12.4 | 17.918 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 104 | 13.3 | 15.616 h |
| September | 15.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 94 | 10.7 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.4°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 98 | 11.8 | 10.210 h |
| November | 4.1°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 95 | 12.4 | 7.78 h |
| December, selected | -0.3°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 74 | 11.3 | 6.16 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Oslo in DecemberNorway · 36 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in DecemberNorway · 53 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Fredrikstad in DecemberNorway · 71 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -1.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Kristiansand in DecemberNorway · 218 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 248 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Stavanger in DecemberNorway · 268 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low 1.8°C · 209 mm rain
- Borås in DecemberSweden · 275 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Bergen in DecemberNorway · 280 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -0.7°C · 271 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 Drammen) is explained once on the Drammen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.