Climate averages 1991–2020
Malmö weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Malmö: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about 0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lund (16 km away). In December its highs average 3.5°C, about as warm as Malmö, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Malmö ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest December highs and joint 13th of 21 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Malmö is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 2.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 49 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
Malmö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 49 | 11.3 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.1°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 40 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 6.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 40 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.9°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 36 | 8.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 41 | 9.5 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 57 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 58 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 66 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| September | 16.8°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 53 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 54 | 10.9 | 10.511 h |
| November | 7.0°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | 3.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 53 | 11.3 | 7.27 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
- Lund in DecemberSweden · 16 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Copenhagen in DecemberDenmark · 28 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Helsingborg in DecemberSweden · 53 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low 0.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Halmstad in DecemberSweden · 119 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Odense in DecemberDenmark · 166 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Rostock in DecemberGermany · 177 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Växjö in DecemberSweden · 180 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -1.8°C · 55 mm precipitation
- Århus in DecemberDenmark · 184 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 Malmö) is explained once on the Malmö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.