Sokolov weather in December

In December, Sokolov sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -3°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 12.1 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 1°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Sokolov's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sokolov's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-3°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
12.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:10 AM – 4:01 PM
Cloud cover
81%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Sokolov is town in the Czech Republic.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.4 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
960/km²
people per km²
Founded
1279

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 1°C through the month.

A typical December day in Sokolov reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -3°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -4°C and 6°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-2
22-2
32-2
42-2
52-2
61-2
71-2
81-2
91-3
101-3
111-3
121-3
131-3
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How December really feels in Sokolov

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 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
31
wind chill below the day's low

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

Sokolov weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°5812.49.58.30.0
Feb / -4°459.37.49.70.0
Mar / -1°5812.36.611.50.4
Apr11° / 5011.4213.52.6
May16° / 7113.90.115.24.4
Jun19° / 10°8214016.15.4
Jul21° / 12°9014.2015.75.8
Aug21° / 11°7812.9014.36.0
Sep16° / 6110.3012.44.9
Oct11° / 5610.70.810.52.4
Nov / 5410.44.58.80.2
Dec / -3°5912.18.97.90.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31387
41585
51585
61486
71486
81585
91585
101585
111585
121486
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Sokolov gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 12.1 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13422
23522
33623
43624
53724
63825
73826
83927
93928
103928
114029
124030
134130
144131
154231
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304028
314028

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
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
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18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
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2113light breeze
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2813light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 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 7:55 AM to 8:16 AM, and sunset from 4:04 PM to 4:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:554:04
28.17:564:03
38.17:574:03
48.17:584:02
58.08:004:02
68.08:014:02
78.08:024:01
88.08:034:01
98.08:044:01
107.98:054:01
117.98:064:01
127.98:074:01
137.98:084:01
147.98:094:01
157.98:094:01
167.88:104:01
177.88:114:01
187.88:124:02
197.88:124:02
207.88:134:02
217.88:134:03
227.88:144:03
237.88:144:04
247.88:154:04
257.88:154:05
267.88:154:05
277.88:164:06
287.88:164:07
297.98:164:07
307.98:164:08
317.98:164:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.72 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.72 kWh/m² to a high of 5.38 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.72 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.8Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Sokolov?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sokolov.

What to pack for Sokolov in December

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

In December, Sokolov sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -3°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Sokolov 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 Sokolov peaks around June 22 at about 7 (very 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 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sokolov?

Sokolov sits at 50.2°N, 12.6°E, 401 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Karlovy Vary, 17 km away.

SelbAuerbachSchwarzenbergMarktredwitz

Topography around Sokolov

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sokolov has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 166 m around an average of 421 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 723 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,178 m.

The land around Sokolov is covered by trees (42%) within 3 km, trees (60%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
166 m
16 km
723 m
80 km
1,178 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Karlovy Vary 17 km · Cheb 22 km · Mariánské Lázně 24 km · Ostrov 25 km · Selb 36 km · Auerbach 40 km · Schwarzenberg 41 km · Marktredwitz 44 km

Czechia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 59% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,917
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 582
Religion
none 48%believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9%Roman Catholic 7%other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6%

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 Sokolov (50.1813°, 12.6401°, elevation 401 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. 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).