Brussels Weather in December
Brussels in December
The short of it: Brussels in December averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 7 h 58 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 3° · rain 84 mm · daylight 7 h 58 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
December in Brussels brings afternoons near 7° and nights around 3°, with about 84 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 7°, nights near 3°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 84 mm.
The sun is up for about 7 h 58 min in mid-December, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Brussels runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Ixelles, 2 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
December in Brussels, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IxellesBrussels Capital | 2 km SSE | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| Molenbeek-Saint-JeanBrussels Capital | 3 km W | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| Saint-GillesBrussels Capital | 3 km S | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| JetteBrussels Capital | 3 km NNW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| AnderlechtBrussels Capital | 3 km WSW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| SchaerbeekBrussels Capital | 3 km NE | 7° | 2° | 85 mm |
| EtterbeekBrussels Capital | 3 km SE | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| ForestBrussels Capital | 4 km SSW | 7° | 3° | 83 mm |