Kolding weather in December

In December, Kolding sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 58 mm of precipitation across 11.5 wet days and about 6.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 4°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 12 min at the start of December to 6 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kolding's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kolding's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
58 mm
11.5 wet days
Daylight
6 h 48 min
8:54 AM – 3:43 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kolding is city in Denmark.

Founded
1231

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 4°C by the end.

A typical December day in Kolding reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Kolding

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.

Kolding weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°57123.17.40.0
Feb / -1°4710.23.39.20.0
Mar / 4910.81.911.40.7
Apr11° / 449.70.513.82.8
May16° / 5611.1015.94.7
Jun18° / 10°6811.1017.15.6
Jul21° / 12°7212.3016.66.0
Aug21° / 13°7712.8014.85.9
Sep17° / 10°6211.3012.55.0
Oct12° / 6311.90.110.13.0
Nov / 5311.30.881.0
Dec / 5811.52.36.90.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32278
42278
52278
62278
72377
82476
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kolding gets around 58 mm of rain and snow over 11.5 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 37% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1375
2375
3385
4385
5386
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7386
8386
9376
10376
11366
12366
13356
14356
15347
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17357
18357
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20358
21368
22368
23368
24379
25379
26389
27399
28399
29409
30409
31409

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 (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 18 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 12 min at the start of December to 6 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 8:35 AM to 8:59 AM, and sunset from 3:49 PM to 3:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:353:49
27.28:373:48
37.18:383:47
47.18:403:46
57.18:413:46
67.08:433:45
77.08:443:45
87.08:453:44
97.08:463:44
106.98:483:44
116.98:493:43
126.98:503:43
136.98:513:43
146.98:523:43
156.88:533:43
166.88:543:43
176.88:543:43
186.88:553:43
196.88:563:44
206.88:563:44
216.88:573:44
226.88:573:45
236.88:583:45
246.88:583:46
256.88:593:46
266.88:593:47
276.88:593:48
286.88:593:49
296.88:593:49
306.98:593:50
316.98:593:51

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.39 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.39 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 Kolding?

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 Kolding.

What to pack for Kolding in December

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

In December, Kolding sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Kolding in December

The nearest coast averages about 4°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 29 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

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

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar2Bracing
Apr4Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun14Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Kolding in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kolding peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kolding?

Kolding sits at 55.5°N, 9.5°E, 8 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Middelfart, 16 km away.

VejleHaderslevHedenstedHorsensAabenraaOdense

Topography around Kolding

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolding has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 34 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Kolding is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), trees (32%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and water (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
113 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Middelfart 16 km · Fredericia 20 km · Vejle 25 km · Haderslev 27 km · Hedensted 34 km · Horsens 48 km · Aabenraa 50 km · Odense 59 km

Denmark travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E / F / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 92% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$76,970
2025
Happiness
7.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 611
Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 71%other/none/unspecified 24%Muslim 4%

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 Kolding (55.4904°, 9.4722°, elevation 8 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).