Forest Weather in December
Forest in December
The short of it: Forest in December averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 83 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 June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 3° · rain 83 mm · daylight 7 h 58 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Forest an average December high of 7°, a low of 3° and some 83 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 7°, nights near 3°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 83 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Forest runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Saint-Gilles, 2 km to the NE, sees much the same highs.
December in Forest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 5.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-GillesBrussels Capital | 2 km NE | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| UccleBrussels Capital | 2 km SSE | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| AnderlechtBrussels Capital | 2 km NNW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| IxellesBrussels Capital | 3 km NE | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| Molenbeek-Saint-JeanBrussels Capital | 4 km NNW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| BrusselsBrussels Capital | 4 km NNE | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| EtterbeekBrussels Capital | 5 km ENE | 7° | 2° | 86 mm |
| DilbeekFlanders | 6 km NW | 7° | 2° | 85 mm |