Climate averages 1991–2020
Luleå weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Luleå: daytime highs average -2.4°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 3 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oulu (167 km away). In December its highs average -2.9°C, about as warm as Luleå, with 44 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Luleå ranks 21st of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 21 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Luleå is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to -4.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 51 mm to 41 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
Luleå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.9°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 41 | 8.9 | 4.85 h |
| February | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 31 | 7.5 | 8.28 h |
| March | -2.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 30 | 7.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.8°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 30 | 6.4 | 15.215 h |
| May | 9.0°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 38 | 7.6 | 19.019 h |
| June | 14.2°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 53 | 8.3 | 22.422 h |
| July | 18.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 60 | 9.9 | 20.721 h |
| August | 16.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.817 h |
| September | 12.1°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 59 | 9.3 | 13.213 h |
| October | 5.2°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 56 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| November | 0.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 56 | 11.4 | 6.16 h |
| December, selected | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 51 | 11.3 | 3.54 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
- Oulu in DecemberFinland · 167 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Umeå in DecemberSweden · 215 kmHigh -0.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 62 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in DecemberFinland · 401 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -6.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in DecemberFinland · 410 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -6.0°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Pori in DecemberFinland · 457 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Tampere in DecemberFinland · 461 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -4.7°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Joensuu in DecemberFinland · 496 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -6.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Lahti in DecemberFinland · 541 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -5.2°C · 48 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 Luleå) is explained once on the Luleå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.