Climate averages 1991–2020
Uppsala weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Uppsala: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -3.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sollentuna (51 km away). In December its highs average 1.3°C, about as warm as Uppsala, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Uppsala ranks joint 17th of 21 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 21 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 21 cities is 1.6°C; Uppsala is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 34 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
Uppsala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 34 | 8.2 | 6.87 h |
| February | 0.2°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 27 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| March | 3.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 29 | 7.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.7°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 33 | 8.1 | 14.515 h |
| May | 15.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 46 | 9.7 | 17.117 h |
| June | 19.1°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 68 | 11.7 | 18.719 h |
| July | 21.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 70 | 11.0 | 18.018 h |
| August | 20.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 72 | 12.2 | 15.616 h |
| September | 15.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 49 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 48 | 9.4 | 10.210 h |
| November | 4.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 43 | 9.7 | 7.68 h |
| December, selected | 0.9°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 9.6 | 6.16 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
- Sollentuna in DecemberSweden · 51 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.2°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Stockholm in DecemberSweden · 64 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Västerås in DecemberSweden · 67 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.1°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Huddinge in DecemberSweden · 72 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Södertälje in DecemberSweden · 74 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.4°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Haninge in DecemberSweden · 82 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Gävle in DecemberSweden · 95 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Mariehamn in DecemberAland Islands · 130 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low 0.4°C · 56 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 Uppsala) is explained once on the Uppsala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.