Climate averages 1991–2020
Oss weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Oss: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about 2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is 's-Hertogenbosch (16 km away). In December its highs average 6.2°C, about as warm as Oss, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Oss ranks joint 27th of 44 for the warmest December highs and joint 21st of 44 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 44 cities is 6.2°C; Oss is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 72 mm to 65 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
Oss climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 65 | 12.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | 6.6°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 57 | 11.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.9°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 11.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 11.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 64 | 11.5 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 78 | 13.6 | 16.216 h |
| August | 22.0°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 78 | 12.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 62 | 11.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 64 | 11.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 6.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 72 | 13.0 | 7.98 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
- 's-Hertogenbosch in DecemberThe Netherlands · 16 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 70 mm rain
- Nijmegen in DecemberThe Netherlands · 25 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 2.0°C · 72 mm rain
- Helmond in DecemberThe Netherlands · 33 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Arnhem in DecemberThe Netherlands · 36 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Eindhoven in DecemberThe Netherlands · 36 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 71 mm rain
- Tilburg in DecemberThe Netherlands · 38 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Amersfoort in DecemberThe Netherlands · 44 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Utrecht in DecemberThe Netherlands · 45 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 2.0°C · 70 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 Oss) is explained once on the Oss year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.