Heidelberg Weather in December
Heidelberg in December
The short of it: Heidelberg in December averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 79 mm (3.1 in) of rain and about 8 h 11 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 6° · low 1° · rain 79 mm · daylight 8 h 11 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: April & June
Thirty years of records give Heidelberg an average December high of 6°, a low of 1° and some 79 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 79 mm, the 2nd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 11 min in mid-December, 50 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 April and June.
Against its neighbours, Heidelberg runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Leimen, 7 km to the S, sees much the same highs.
December in Heidelberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 2nd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 11 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeimenBaden-Wurttemberg | 7 km S | 6° | 1° | 78 mm |
| WieslochBaden-Wurttemberg | 13 km S | 6° | 1° | 78 mm |
| WeinheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 16 km N | 5° | 1° | 85 mm |
| ViernheimHesse | 17 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 57 mm |
| MannheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 19 km WNW | 6° | 1° | 56 mm |
| Ludwigshafen am RheinRheinland-Pfalz | 19 km WNW | 6° | 1° | 55 mm |
| SpeyerRheinland-Pfalz | 21 km WSW | 6° | 1° | 66 mm |
| SinsheimBaden-Wurttemberg | 22 km SE | 5° | 0° | 95 mm |