Witten Weather in December
Witten in December
The short of it: Witten in December averages a high of 6 °C (43 °F) and a low of 1 °C (35 °F), with 100 mm (3.9 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 1° · rain 100 mm · daylight 7 h 52 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: May & August
December in Witten brings afternoons near 6° and nights around 1°, with about 100 mm of rain over the month. Much like November: highs about 6°, nights near 1°. Pack the buffalo coat. Wet spells are common — about 100 mm, the 3rd wettest month. 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, Witten runs cooler than most and about as wet in December. Bochum, 10 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Witten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 3° colder, 15 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 | 10 km WNW | 6° | 2° | 99 mm |
| DortmundNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km NE | 6° | 1° | 84 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km SE | 6° | 1° | 106 mm |
| HattingenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km WSW | 6° | 2° | 105 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 13 km NNW | 6° | 2° | 90 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km NW | 7° | 2° | 95 mm |
| WattenscheidNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 15 km WNW | 7° | 2° | 96 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km WNW | 7° | 2° | 91 mm |