Bensheim Weather in December
Bensheim in December
The short of it: Bensheim in December averages a high of 6 °C (42 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 62 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 8 h 9 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 1° · rain 62 mm · daylight 8 h 9 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
December in Bensheim brings afternoons near 6° and nights around 1°, with about 62 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 62 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 9 min in mid-December, 50 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Bensheim runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, 5 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
December in Bensheim, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 9 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heppenheim an der BergstrasseHesse | 5 km SSE | 5° | 1° | 74 mm |
| PfungstadtHesse | 14 km N | 6° | 1° | 63 mm |
| LampertheimHesse | 14 km SW | 6° | 1° | 53 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 15 km SSE | 5° | 1° | 85 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 16 km S | 6° | 1° | 57 mm |
| WormsRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km WSW | 6° | 1° | 50 mm |
| GriesheimHesse | 20 km N | 6° | 1° | 59 mm |
| DarmstadtHesse | 21 km N | 5° | 1° | 70 mm |