Göttingen Weather in December
Göttingen in December
The short of it: Göttingen in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 57 mm (2.2 in) of rain and about 7 h 51 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 57 mm · daylight 7 h 51 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Göttingen an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 57 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 57 mm, the 4th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 51 min in mid-December, 55 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 June and August.
Against its neighbours, Göttingen runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Northeim, 20 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
December in Göttingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 4th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 6.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 51 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NortheimLower Saxony | 20 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 57 mm |
| WitzenhausenHesse | 22 km SSW | 5° | 0° | 69 mm |
| Heilbad HeiligenstadtThuringia | 22 km SE | 4° | -1° | 76 mm |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony | 23 km E | 4° | 0° | 63 mm |
| Hannoversch MündenLower Saxony | 24 km SW | 4° | 0° | 72 mm |
| UslarLower Saxony | 25 km WNW | 5° | 0° | 75 mm |
| EinbeckLower Saxony | 32 km N | 5° | 0° | 59 mm |
| VellmarHesse | 37 km WSW | 5° | 0° | 65 mm |