Dresden Weather in December
Dresden in December
The short of it: Dresden in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (32 °F), with 47 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 7 h 56 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 5° · low 0° · rain 47 mm · daylight 7 h 56 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
December in Dresden brings afternoons near 5° and nights around 0°, with about 47 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 47 mm, the 8th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 56 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, Dresden runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Äußere Neustadt, 2 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
December in Dresden, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 56 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h