Slagelse weather in December

In December, Slagelse sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 11.9 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 6°C in the first days to 4°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 Slagelse's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Slagelse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
6 h 48 min
8:45 AM – 3:36 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Slagelse is town in Denmark.

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 6°C in the first days to 4°C by the end.

A typical December day in Slagelse reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 8°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 Slagelse

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.

Slagelse 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 / 5712.33.87.50.0
Feb / 449.73.69.20.0
Mar / 4510.22.211.40.3
Apr10° / 3790.413.82.2
May14° / 5210.2015.94.2
Jun18° / 12°6510.8017.15.5
Jul20° / 15°6711.1016.66.2
Aug20° / 15°6911.5014.86.1
Sep16° / 12°6010.4012.55.0
Oct12° / 6712.2010.12.9
Nov / 5812.30.88.11.0
Dec / 5911.92.36.90.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32179
42179
52179
62179
72278
82278
92278
102278
112377
122377
132377
142377
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312377

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Slagelse gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1405
2405
3405
4405
5405
6405
7405
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9406
10396
11396
12386
13386
14376
15376
16367
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18367
19368
20368
21369
22379
23379
24379
253710
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273810
283910
293910
304010
314010

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 23 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 23 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
123breezy
223breezy
323breezy
423breezy
523breezy
623breezy
723breezy
823breezy
923breezy
1023breezy
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3024breezy
3124breezy

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 8:27 AM to 8:51 AM, and sunset from 3:42 PM to 3:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.28:273:42
27.28:293:41
37.28:303:40
47.18:323:39
57.18:333:39
67.18:343:38
77.08:363:38
87.08:373:37
97.08:383:37
107.08:393:37
116.98:413:36
126.98:423:36
136.98:433:36
146.98:443:36
156.98:453:36
166.88:453:36
176.88:463:36
186.88:473:36
196.88:483:37
206.88:483:37
216.88:493:37
226.88:493:38
236.88:503:38
246.88:503:39
256.88:503:39
266.88:513:40
276.88:513:41
286.88:513:42
296.98:513:43
306.98:513:43
316.98:513:44

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.4 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.4 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 Slagelse?

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 Slagelse.

What to pack for Slagelse in December

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

In December, Slagelse sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat, rain gear and a windbreaker. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Slagelse 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 15 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°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Slagelse 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 Slagelse peaks around June 22 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 22UV 6Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Slagelse?

Slagelse sits at 55.4°N, 11.4°E, 51 m above sea level, in Denmark. The nearest listed city is Klinteby Frihed, 28 km away.

Klinteby FrihedRingstedNæstvedKalundborgNyborgHolbækKøgeRoskilde

Topography around Slagelse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Slagelse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 47 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m.

The land around Slagelse is covered by artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (24%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) within 16 km, and water (49%) and cropland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
111 m
80 km
145 m
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December weather nearby: Klinteby Frihed 28 km · Ringsted 28 km · Næstved 32 km · Kalundborg 35 km · Nyborg 37 km · Holbæk 42 km · Køge 53 km · Roskilde 53 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 Slagelse (55.4028°, 11.3546°, elevation 51 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).