Douai Weather in December
Douai in December
The short of it: Douai in December averages a high of 7 °C (45 °F) and a low of 2 °C (36 °F), with 73 mm (2.9 in) of rain and about 8 h 2 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 7° · low 2° · rain 73 mm · daylight 8 h 2 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
December in Douai brings afternoons near 7° and nights around 2°, with about 73 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 7°, nights near 2°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 73 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Douai runs about middling and drier than most in December. Hénin-Beaumont, 9 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Douai, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 4.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hénin-BeaumontHauts-de-France | 9 km WNW | 7° | 2° | 74 mm |
| LensHauts-de-France | 19 km WNW | 8° | 3° | 74 mm |
| LiévinHauts-de-France | 22 km WNW | 7° | 3° | 75 mm |
| ArrasHauts-de-France | 23 km WSW | 7° | 2° | 76 mm |
| DenainHauts-de-France | 23 km ESE | 7° | 2° | 77 mm |
| CambraiHauts-de-France | 24 km SSE | 7° | 2° | 75 mm |
| LoosHauts-de-France | 27 km N | 7° | 2° | 75 mm |
| Villeneuve-d'AscqHauts-de-France | 28 km NNE | 7° | 2° | 77 mm |