Gießen Weather in December
Gießen in December
The short of it: Gießen in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 64 mm (2.5 in) of rain and about 8 h 0 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 64 mm · daylight 8 h 0 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Gießen an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 64 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 64 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 0 min in mid-December, 52 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Gießen runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Wetzlar, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Gießen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 12 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 0 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WetzlarHesse | 12 km WSW | 5° | 0° | 69 mm |
| ButzbachHesse | 17 km S | 5° | 0° | 66 mm |
| Bad NauheimHesse | 25 km S | 5° | 0° | 66 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 26 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 72 mm |
| FriedbergHesse | 28 km SSE | 5° | 0° | 62 mm |
| DillenburgHesse | 32 km WNW | 5° | -1° | 97 mm |
| FriedrichsdorfHesse | 38 km S | 5° | 1° | 67 mm |
| Bad Homburg vor der HöheHesse | 40 km S | 5° | 0° | 69 mm |