Climate averages 1991–2020
Roosendaal 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 Roosendaal: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 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 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Breda (22 km away). In December its highs average 6.3°C, about as warm as Roosendaal, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Roosendaal ranks joint 12th of 44 for the warmest December highs and joint 27th of 44 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 44 cities is 6.2°C; Roosendaal is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 6.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 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
Roosendaal climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.0°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 63 | 11.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.0°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 55 | 11.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 54 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.2°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 47 | 10.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 62 | 12.0 | 15.616 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 11.1 | 16.617 h |
| July | 22.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 13.4 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.2°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 76 | 12.3 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 59 | 11.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.7°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 62 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.8°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 64 | 12.1 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 74 | 13.4 | 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
- Breda in DecemberThe Netherlands · 22 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Dordrecht in DecemberThe Netherlands · 34 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 71 mm rain
- Deurne in DecemberBelgium · 34 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Antwerp in DecemberBelgium · 35 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Spijkenisse in DecemberThe Netherlands · 36 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.6°C · 72 mm rain
- Vlaardingen in DecemberThe Netherlands · 43 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low 2.9°C · 75 mm rain
- Tilburg in DecemberThe Netherlands · 43 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.0°C · 74 mm rain
- Schiedam in DecemberThe Netherlands · 44 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low 2.7°C · 71 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 Roosendaal) is explained once on the Roosendaal year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.