Chemnitz Weather in December
Chemnitz in December
The short of it: Chemnitz in December averages a high of 4 °C (39 °F) and a low of -1 °C (30 °F), with 52 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 7 h 58 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 4° · low -1° · rain 52 mm · daylight 7 h 58 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Chemnitz an average December high of 4°, a low of -1° and some 52 mm of rain. Highs fall 4° against November, to near 4°; nights run about -1°. Rain is modest, about 52 mm, the 9th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 58 min in mid-December, 53 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates December 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and June.
Against its neighbours, Chemnitz runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Limbach-Oberfrohna, 12 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Chemnitz, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 58 min
- Average wind
- 16 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limbach-OberfrohnaSaxony | 12 km WNW | 3° | -1° | 52 mm |
| GlauchauSaxony | 27 km W | 4° | -1° | 46 mm |
| Annaberg-BuchholzSaxony | 29 km S | 2° | -3° | 64 mm |
| FreibergSaxony | 30 km ENE | 3° | -2° | 65 mm |
| AueSaxony | 31 km SSW | 3° | -1° | 50 mm |
| MeeraneSaxony | 33 km W | 4° | -1° | 46 mm |
| ZwickauSaxony | 33 km WSW | 4° | -1° | 44 mm |
| DöbelnSaxony | 34 km NNE | 4° | -1° | 55 mm |