Randers weather in December

In December, Randers sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 53 mm of precipitation across 11.4 wet days and about 6.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 hours at the start of December to 6 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Randers's 9th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Randers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
53 mm
11.4 wet days
Daylight
6 h 36 min
8:58 AM – 3:34 PM
Cloud cover
76%
9th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Randers is city in Denmark.

Density
78/km²
people per km²
Founded
1100

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 3°C by the end.

A typical December day in Randers reaches about 4°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Randers

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.

Randers weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°541147.30.0
Feb / -1°429.44.29.10.0
Mar / 4410.22.611.40.6
Apr11° / 4610.10.513.92.6
May15° / 6211.3016.14.4
Jun18° / 10°7511.4017.35.5
Jul20° / 12°7011.7016.86.1
Aug20° / 13°7512.5014.95.9
Sep17° / 10°5911.2012.54.9
Oct12° / 6711.60.110.12.9
Nov / 5111.217.90.9
Dec / 5311.42.76.70.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 74%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Randers gets around 53 mm of rain and snow over 11.4 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 38% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1376
2376
3376
4376
5376
6376
7376
8376
9376
10376
11366
12366
13367
14357
15357
16358
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213610
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293812
303812
313812

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 17 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
1217light breeze
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3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 hours at the start of December to 6 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:39 AM to 9:04 AM, and sunset from 3:40 PM to 3:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.08:393:40
27.08:413:39
36.98:423:38
46.98:443:38
56.98:453:37
66.88:473:36
76.88:483:36
86.88:503:35
96.78:513:35
106.78:523:35
116.78:533:34
126.78:543:34
136.68:553:34
146.68:563:34
156.68:573:34
166.68:583:34
176.68:593:34
186.69:003:34
196.69:013:34
206.69:013:35
216.69:023:35
226.69:023:35
236.69:033:36
246.69:033:37
256.69:033:37
266.69:043:38
276.69:043:39
286.69:043:39
296.69:043:40
306.69:043:41
316.69:043:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.35 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.35 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.35 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 Randers?

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
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Randers.

What to pack for Randers in December

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

In December, Randers sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Randers in December

The nearest coast averages about 5°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 28 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Randers 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 Randers peaks around June 21 at about 5 (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 21UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Randers?

Randers sits at 56.5°N, 10.0°E, 12 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Tilst, 30 km away.

TilstAarhusVibyViborgSilkeborgSkiveAalborgNørresundby

Topography around Randers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Randers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 25 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m.

The land around Randers is covered by artificial surfaces (37%), grassland (27%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and water (34%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
137 m
80 km
185 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Tilst 30 km · Aarhus 35 km · Viby 38 km · Viborg 39 km · Silkeborg 44 km · Skive 63 km · Aalborg 66 km · Nørresundby 67 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 Randers (56.4607°, 10.0364°, elevation 12 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).