Brest Weather in December
Brest in December
The short of it: Brest in December averages a high of 11 °C (51 °F) and a low of 6 °C (43 °F), with 142 mm (5.6 in) of rain and about 8 h 20 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 6° · rain 142 mm · daylight 8 h 20 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Brest an average December high of 11°, a low of 6° and some 142 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 11°, nights near 6°. A wool coat will serve you well. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 142 mm.
The sun is up for about 8 h 20 min in mid-December, 47 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Brest runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Bohars, 5 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Brest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 2° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 20 min
- Average wind
- 26 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BoharsBrittany | 5 km NNW | 10° | 6° | 143 mm |
| GuilersBrittany | 7 km NW | 10° | 6° | 144 mm |
| Le Relecq-KerhuonBrittany | 7 km ENE | 11° | 6° | 140 mm |
| GouesnouBrittany | 7 km NNE | 10° | 6° | 144 mm |
| GuipavasBrittany | 8 km NE | 10° | 5° | 143 mm |
| Plougastel-DaoulasBrittany | 9 km ESE | 11° | 6° | 138 mm |
| PlouzanéBrittany | 10 km W | 11° | 6° | 142 mm |
| Saint-RenanBrittany | 11 km WNW | 11° | 6° | 142 mm |