Climate averages 1991–2020
Gävle weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th 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 Gävle: daytime highs average 0.6°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 5 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uppsala (95 km away). In December its highs average 0.9°C, about as warm as Gävle, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Gävle ranks 19th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Gävle is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 33 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
Gävle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 33 | 8.1 | 6.67 h |
| February | -0.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 28 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 9.3°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 33 | 7.6 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 44 | 9.2 | 17.317 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 61 | 10.5 | 19.019 h |
| July | 21.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 68 | 11.5 | 18.218 h |
| August | 20.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.816 h |
| September | 15.4°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 45 | 8.8 | 13.013 h |
| October | 8.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 55 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| November | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 46 | 9.9 | 7.57 h |
| December, selected | 0.6°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 9.6 | 5.86 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
- Uppsala in DecemberSweden · 95 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Västerås in DecemberSweden · 122 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Sollentuna in DecemberSweden · 146 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Stockholm in DecemberSweden · 158 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Mariehamn in DecemberAland Islands · 166 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Huddinge in DecemberSweden · 167 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Södertälje in DecemberSweden · 167 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Haninge in DecemberSweden · 177 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 51 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 Gävle) is explained once on the Gävle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.