Ostend Weather in December
Ostend in December
The short of it: Ostend in December averages a high of 8 °C (46 °F) and a low of 3 °C (37 °F), with 82 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 7 h 54 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 8° · low 3° · rain 82 mm · daylight 7 h 54 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
December in Ostend brings afternoons near 8° and nights around 3°, with about 82 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 8°, nights near 3°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 82 mm, the 2nd wettest month.
The sun is up for about 7 h 54 min in mid-December, 54 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, Ostend runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Zedelgem, 17 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
December in Ostend, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 0.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 24 km/h