Hattingen Weather in December
Hattingen in December
The short of it: Hattingen in December averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of 2 °C (35 °F), with 105 mm (4.1 in) of rain and about 7 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 2° · rain 105 mm · daylight 7 h 52 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Hattingen an average December high of 6°, a low of 2° and some 105 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 2°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 105 mm. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 52 min in mid-December, 54 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 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and August.
Against its neighbours, Hattingen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in December. Bochum, 9 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
December in Hattingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 18 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km NNE | 6° | 2° | 99 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km NNW | 7° | 2° | 96 mm |
| VelbertNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SW | 6° | 2° | 110 mm |
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km ENE | 6° | 1° | 100 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km NNW | 7° | 2° | 91 mm |
| EssenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km WNW | 6° | 2° | 96 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km N | 7° | 2° | 95 mm |
| WuppertalNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 6° | 1° | 122 mm |