Jena Weather in December
Jena in December
The short of it: Jena in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of -0 °C (32 °F), with 45 mm (1.8 in) of rain and about 7 h 57 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 45 mm · daylight 7 h 57 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Jena an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 45 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Rain is modest, about 45 mm, the 8th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 57 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Jena runs warmer than most and about as wet in December. Wenigenjena, 1 km to the ENE, sees much the same highs.
December in Jena, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 4° colder, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 57 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WenigenjenaThuringia | 1 km ENE | 5° | 0° | 45 mm |
| LobedaThuringia | 4 km SSE | 5° | 0° | 45 mm |
| ApoldaThuringia | 12 km NNW | 5° | 0° | 46 mm |
| WeimarThuringia | 19 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 44 mm |
| PößneckThuringia | 26 km S | 4° | -1° | 52 mm |
| NaumburgSaxony-Anhalt | 29 km NNE | 5° | 0° | 40 mm |
| RudolstadtThuringia | 29 km SW | 4° | -1° | 48 mm |
| LusanThuringia | 35 km ESE | 4° | -1° | 41 mm |