Gap Weather in December
Gap in December
The short of it: Gap in December averages a high of 8 °C (46 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 8 h 50 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 8° · low -1° · rain 81 mm · daylight 8 h 50 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gap an average December high of 8°, a low of -1° and some 81 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 8°, nights near -1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 81 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 50 min in mid-December, 40 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Gap runs about middling and drier than most in December. Veynes, 20 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
December in Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 63 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 50 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeynesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km W | 7° | -1° | 86 mm |
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 km E | 7° | -2° | 88 mm |
| Laragne-MontéglinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 34 km SW | 8° | 0° | 71 mm |
| SisteronProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 42 km SSW | 9° | 1° | 63 mm |
| La MureAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 44 km NNW | 6° | -1° | 97 mm |
| BarcelonnetteProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 49 km ESE | 5° | -3° | 96 mm |
| Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 53 km SSE | 9° | 1° | 73 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'OisansAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km N | 5° | -2° | 102 mm |