Climate averages 1991–2020
Umeå weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: 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 freezing month in Umeå: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 4 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (215 km away). In December its highs average -2.4°C, 1.6°C cooler than Umeå, with 51 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Umeå ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 21 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Umeå is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -2.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 62 mm to 49 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
Umeå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 10.2 | 5.66 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.9 | 8.59 h |
| March | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 15.015 h |
| May | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 42 | 8.7 | 18.318 h |
| June | 15.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 20.621 h |
| July | 18.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.520 h |
| August | 17.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 10.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 72 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 1.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 12.2 | 6.77 h |
| December, selected | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 12.0 | 4.65 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
- Luleå in DecemberSweden · 215 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Pori in DecemberFinland · 272 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -2.9°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Oulu in DecemberFinland · 282 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -7.2°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Tampere in DecemberFinland · 315 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -4.7°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Jyväskylä in DecemberFinland · 327 kmHigh -2.2°C · Low -6.0°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Kuopio in DecemberFinland · 384 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -6.3°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Gävle in DecemberSweden · 386 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Turku in DecemberFinland · 390 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.5°C · 56 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 Umeå) is explained once on the Umeå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.