Climate averages 1991–2020
Gouda weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Gouda: daytime highs average 6.4°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Alphen aan den Rijn (13 km away). In December its highs average 6.4°C, about as warm as Gouda, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Gouda ranks joint 14th of 44 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 44 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 44 cities is 6.2°C; Gouda is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 5.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 63 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
Gouda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.9°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 63 | 12.5 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 54 | 10.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 55 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 52 | 11.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.9°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 65 | 11.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.5°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 70 | 11.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 86 | 13.5 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 82 | 13.0 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 67 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 65 | 12.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 63 | 12.4 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 6.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 70 | 12.8 | 7.88 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
- Alphen aan den Rijn in DecemberThe Netherlands · 13 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 2.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Zoetermeer in DecemberThe Netherlands · 15 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Rotterdam in DecemberThe Netherlands · 19 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 2.4°C · 71 mm rain
- Leiden in DecemberThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 3.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Dordrecht in DecemberThe Netherlands · 23 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Delft in DecemberThe Netherlands · 24 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Schiedam in DecemberThe Netherlands · 24 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Vlaardingen in DecemberThe Netherlands · 28 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 75 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 Gouda) is explained once on the Gouda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.