Kassel Weather in December
Kassel in December
The short of it: Kassel in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 60 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 7 h 53 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 60 mm · daylight 7 h 53 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Kassel an average December high of 5°, a low of 0° and some 60 mm of rain. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 60 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 53 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 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Kassel runs warmer than most and drier than most in December. Vellmar, 5 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Kassel, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 7.0 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 53 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VellmarHesse | 5 km NNW | 5° | 0° | 65 mm |
| BaunatalHesse | 10 km SW | 4° | 0° | 68 mm |
| Hannoversch MündenLower Saxony | 15 km NE | 4° | 0° | 72 mm |
| HofgeismarHesse | 21 km NNW | 5° | 0° | 65 mm |
| WitzenhausenHesse | 25 km E | 5° | 0° | 69 mm |
| WarburgNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 31 km NW | 5° | 0° | 70 mm |
| HombergHesse | 33 km SSW | 5° | 0° | 55 mm |
| Bad WildungenHesse | 34 km SW | 4° | -1° | 72 mm |