Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th 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 Halmstad: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsingborg (71 km away). In December its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks joint 4th of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Halmstad is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 68 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
Halmstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December, selected | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 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
- Helsingborg in DecemberSweden · 71 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Lund in DecemberSweden · 110 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Copenhagen in DecemberDenmark · 112 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Borås in DecemberSweden · 116 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 75 mm precipitation
- Malmö in DecemberSweden · 119 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Växjö in DecemberSweden · 121 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Gothenburg in DecemberSweden · 127 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Jönköping in DecemberSweden · 146 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 Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.