Climate averages 1991–2020
Lund 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 Lund: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (16 km away). In December its highs average 3.9°C, about as warm as Lund, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Lund ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 15th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Lund is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 2.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 53 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
Lund climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 2.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 5.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 44 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 53 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 11.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | 6.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | 3.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 7.17 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
- Malmö in DecemberSweden · 16 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low 0.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Copenhagen in DecemberDenmark · 39 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Helsingborg in DecemberSweden · 49 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Halmstad in DecemberSweden · 110 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Växjö in DecemberSweden · 164 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Odense in DecemberDenmark · 180 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Rostock in DecemberGermany · 192 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Århus in DecemberDenmark · 192 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low 1.1°C · 50 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 Lund) is explained once on the Lund year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.