Forbach Weather in December
Forbach in December
The short of it: Forbach in December averages a high of 5 °C (42 °F) and a low of 1 °C (33 °F), with 105 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 8 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 1° · rain 105 mm · daylight 8 h 13 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Forbach an average December high of 5°, a low of 1° and some 105 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 105 mm. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 13 min in mid-December, 49 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Forbach runs about middling and drier than most in December. Völklingen, 7 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Forbach, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 26 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VölklingenSaarland | 7 km NNW | 5° | 0° | 113 mm |
| Freyming-MerlebachGrand Est | 9 km WSW | 5° | 1° | 104 mm |
| SaarbrückenSaarland | 10 km ENE | 6° | 1° | 105 mm |
| PüttlingenSaarland | 11 km N | 5° | 0° | 113 mm |
| WadgassenSaarland | 12 km NW | 6° | 1° | 110 mm |
| RiegelsbergSaarland | 13 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 118 mm |
| SchwalbachSaarland | 14 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 115 mm |
| SarregueminesGrand Est | 15 km SE | 6° | 1° | 98 mm |