Ranst Weather in December
Ranst in December
The short of it: Ranst in December averages a high of 7 °C (44 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °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 7° · low 2° · rain 82 mm · daylight 7 h 54 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Ranst an average December high of 7°, a low of 2° and some 82 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 82 mm.
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, Ranst runs cooler than most and drier than most in December. Deurne, 8 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Ranst, 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
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeurneFlanders | 8 km WNW | 7° | 2° | 83 mm |
| BerchemFlanders | 9 km W | 7° | 2° | 84 mm |
| BorgerhoutFlanders | 9 km WNW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| MerksemFlanders | 10 km NW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| AntwerpFlanders | 12 km WNW | 7° | 3° | 83 mm |
| WilrijkFlanders | 12 km WSW | 7° | 3° | 84 mm |
| BrasschaatFlanders | 12 km NNW | 7° | 2° | 83 mm |
| Heist-op-den-BergFlanders | 17 km SE | 7° | 2° | 81 mm |