Plettenberg Weather in December
Plettenberg in December
The short of it: Plettenberg in December averages a high of 5 °C (41 °F) and a low of 0 °C (33 °F), with 122 mm (4.8 in) of rain and about 7 h 54 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 5° · low 0° · rain 122 mm · daylight 7 h 54 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: July & August
December in Plettenberg brings afternoons near 5° and nights around 0°, with about 122 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 5°, nights near 0°. Pack the buffalo coat. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 122 mm. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 7 h 54 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 July and August.
Against its neighbours, Plettenberg runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Lüdenscheid, 17 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
December in Plettenberg, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 21 mm more rain
- Versus January
- 1° warmer
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 7 h 54 min
- Average wind
- 14 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LüdenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km W | 5° | 0° | 130 mm |
| IserlohnNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 103 mm |
| ArnsbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 24 km NE | 5° | 0° | 103 mm |
| MendenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 27 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 94 mm |
| GummersbachNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 30 km SW | 5° | 1° | 136 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 33 km WNW | 6° | 1° | 106 mm |
| SchwerteNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 34 km NW | 6° | 1° | 90 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 39 km NNW | 6° | 1° | 86 mm |