Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In December its highs average -0.3°C, 2.5°C cooler than Fredrikstad, with 74 mm of precipitation.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 4th of 8 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 8 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 8 cities is 1.4°C; Fredrikstad is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 1.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 70 mm to 65 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
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December, selected | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 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
- Drammen in DecemberNorway · 71 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.9°C · 74 mm precipitation
- Oslo in DecemberNorway · 78 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.8°C · 71 mm precipitation
- Lillestrøm in DecemberNorway · 82 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -5.0°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 179 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Borås in DecemberSweden · 203 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Kristiansand in DecemberNorway · 207 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.7°C · 123 mm rain
- Örebro in DecemberSweden · 243 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Jönköping in DecemberSweden · 246 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -1.2°C · 53 mm precipitation
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 Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.