Middelkerke weather in December

In December, Middelkerke sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 98 mm of precipitation across 15.5 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Middelkerke's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Middelkerke's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
98 mm
15.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:54 AM – 4:35 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
27 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

Middelkerke is town in Middelkerke municipality, Belgium.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month.

A typical December day in Middelkerke reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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296
396
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696
786
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986
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1585
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How December really feels in Middelkerke

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 3 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
3
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Middelkerke weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7614.20.88.20.8
Feb / 6311.91.19.60.7
Mar / 5611.50.611.51.5
Apr11° / 4610013.52.5
May14° / 11°5510.6015.33.8
Jun16° / 14°5810.2016.35.1
Jul19° / 16°6811.5015.95.9
Aug19° / 17°7811.9014.46.0
Sep18° / 15°8011.9012.45.3
Oct15° / 12°9814.6010.43.8
Nov11° / 10315.70.28.72.2
Dec / 9815.50.77.71.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22575
32674
42773
52872
62872
72872
83070
93169
103169
113169
123070
133070
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152971
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202575
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302773
312773

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Middelkerke gets around 98 mm of rain and snow over 15.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 50% and peaks near 52% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1522
2512
3512
4512
5502
6502
7502
8492
9492
10492
11482
12482
13482
14482
15482
16482
17482
18492
19492
20492
21502
22502
23503
24503
25513
26513
27513
28513
29513
30513
31513

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 27 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 27 km/h on the calmest days to 28 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
127breezy
227breezy
327breezy
427breezy
527breezy
627breezy
727breezy
827breezy
927breezy
1027breezy
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1227breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 9:00 AM, and sunset from 4:38 PM to 4:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:394:38
28.08:404:38
37.98:414:37
47.98:424:37
57.98:444:36
67.98:454:36
77.88:464:36
87.88:474:36
97.88:484:35
107.88:494:35
117.78:504:35
127.78:514:35
137.78:524:35
147.78:534:35
157.78:544:35
167.78:544:35
177.78:554:35
187.78:564:36
197.78:574:36
207.78:574:36
217.78:584:37
227.78:584:37
237.78:594:38
247.78:594:38
257.78:594:39
267.79:004:40
277.79:004:40
287.79:004:41
297.79:004:42
307.79:004:43
317.79:004:43

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.65 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 5.77 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Middelkerke?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Middelkerke.

What to pack for Middelkerke in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Middelkerke sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 16 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Middelkerke in December

The nearest coast averages about 10°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 15 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 7°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan8Bracing
Feb7Bracing
Mar7Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Cool
Nov12Bracing
Dec10Bracing

UV index in Middelkerke in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Middelkerke peaks around June 22 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Middelkerke?

Middelkerke sits at 51.2°N, 2.8°E, 4 m above sea level, in Belgium. The nearest listed city is Ostend, 8.0 km away.

DiksmuideZedelgemTorhoutSint-AndriesBlankenbergeBruges

Topography around Middelkerke

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Middelkerke.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Middelkerke has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m.

The land around Middelkerke is covered by water (39%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, water (48%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
43 m
80 km
336 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Ostend 8.0 km · Koksijde 15 km · Diksmuide 17 km · Zedelgem 23 km · Torhout 24 km · Sint-Andries 25 km · Blankenberge 26 km · Bruges 28 km

Belgium travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 81% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,750
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
5.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 608
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%nonbeliever/agnostic 20%atheist 9%Muslim 7%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Middelkerke (51.1853°, 2.8208°, elevation 4 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).