Climate averages 1991–2020
Zwolle 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 Zwolle: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 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 46 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Deventer (29 km away). In December its highs average 5.7°C, about as warm as Zwolle, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Zwolle ranks joint 39th of 44 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 44 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 44 cities is 6.2°C; Zwolle is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 69 mm to 66 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
Zwolle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 66 | 13.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.1°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.8 | 9.810 h |
| March | 9.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 50 | 10.4 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 64 | 11.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 19.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 16.717 h |
| July | 21.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 85 | 14.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 81 | 13.8 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 66 | 11.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 64 | 11.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 59 | 12.7 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 13.0 | 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
- Deventer in DecemberThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low 1.6°C · 69 mm rain
- Apeldoorn in DecemberThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Lelystad in DecemberThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 2.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Almelo in DecemberThe Netherlands · 42 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Hengelo in DecemberThe Netherlands · 55 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low 1.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Arnhem in DecemberThe Netherlands · 61 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low 1.9°C · 71 mm rain
- Almere Stad in DecemberThe Netherlands · 62 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 70 mm rain
- Amersfoort in DecemberThe Netherlands · 62 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.9°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 Zwolle) is explained once on the Zwolle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.