Dour Weather in December
Dour in December
The short of it: Dour in December averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 84 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 8 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 2° · rain 84 mm · daylight 8 h 2 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Dour an average December high of 7°, a low of 2° and some 84 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 7°, nights near 2°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 84 mm.
The sun is up for about 8 h 2 min in mid-December, 52 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Dour runs about middling and drier than most in December. Mons, 14 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
December in Dour, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 2 min
- Average wind
- 17 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MonsWallonia | 14 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 82 mm |
| ValenciennesHauts-de-France | 18 km WSW | 7° | 2° | 79 mm |
| MaubeugeHauts-de-France | 19 km SE | 7° | 2° | 90 mm |
| BincheWallonia | 27 km E | 7° | 2° | 87 mm |
| La LouvièreWallonia | 31 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 87 mm |
| TournaiWallonia | 36 km NW | 7° | 2° | 79 mm |
| GeraardsbergenFlanders | 43 km N | 7° | 2° | 84 mm |
| CambraiHauts-de-France | 46 km WSW | 7° | 2° | 75 mm |