Angoulême weather in December

In December, Angoulême sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 86 mm of precipitation across 12.4 wet days and about 8.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 9°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 48 min at the start of December to 8 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Angoulême's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Angoulême's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
86 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
8 h 30 min
8:40 AM – 5:11 PM
Cloud cover
70%
10th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.9
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM2.5 9.2 µg/m³ · 2019

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 9°C through the month.

A typical December day in Angoulême reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 4°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1104
2104
3104
4104
5104
6104
7104
8104
9104
10104
11104
12104
13104
14104
15103
1693
1793
1893
1993
2093
2193
2293
2393
2493
2593
2693
2793
2893
2993
3093
3193

How December really feels in Angoulême

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 9 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
9
wind chill below the day's low

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

Angoulême weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8012.20.78.91.6
Feb10° / 619.90.610.12.2
Mar14° / 65110.111.63.9
Apr17° / 7511.8013.34.9
May20° / 10°7512.1014.75.9
Jun24° / 13°649.8015.46.8
Jul26° / 15°488.3015.17.0
Aug26° / 15°577.9013.97.1
Sep23° / 12°588.7012.36.9
Oct18° / 10°7711.6010.75.5
Nov13° / 8412.709.33.1
Dec / 8612.40.28.61.9

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23169
33169
43268
53268
63367
73367
83466
93466
103466
113466
123367
133367
143367
153268
163169
173169
183070
192971
202971
212872
222872
232872
242773
252773
262872
272872
282773
292773
302773
312773

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Angoulême gets around 86 mm of rain and snow over 12.4 wet days in December, the wettest month. 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 43% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1411
2411
3411
4401
5401
6401
7391
8391
9391
10381
11381
12381
13371
14371
15371
16371
17371
18371
19381
20381
21391
22391
23401
24401
25411
26411
27421
28421
29431
30432
31432

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
9100
10100
11100
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 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
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
1513light breeze
1613light breeze
1713light breeze
1813light breeze
1913light breeze
2013light breeze
2113light breeze
2213light breeze
2313light breeze
2413light breeze
2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 48 min at the start of December to 8 h 30 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 8:26 AM to 8:46 AM, and sunset from 5:12 PM to 5:19 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.88:265:12
28.78:285:12
38.78:295:11
48.78:305:11
58.78:315:11
68.68:325:11
78.68:335:10
88.68:345:10
98.68:355:10
108.68:355:10
118.68:365:10
128.68:375:10
138.58:385:10
148.58:395:11
158.58:395:11
168.58:405:11
178.58:415:11
188.58:415:11
198.58:425:12
208.58:435:12
218.58:435:13
228.58:445:13
238.58:445:14
248.58:455:14
258.58:455:15
268.58:455:15
278.58:465:16
288.58:465:17
298.58:465:17
308.58:465:18
318.58:465:19

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.1 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.2Dim
21.2Dim
31.2Dim
41.2Dim
51.2Dim
61.2Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.1Dim
141.1Dim
151.1Dim
161.1Dim
171.1Dim
181.1Dim
191.1Dim
201.1Dim
211.1Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Angoulême?

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

1.9
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Angoulême.

What to pack for Angoulême in December

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

In December, Angoulême sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Angoulême 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 Angoulême peaks around July 20 at about 8 (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 highModerateLowJul 20UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Angoulême?

Angoulême sits at 45.6°N, 0.2°E, 105 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Cognac, 38 km away.

Topography around Angoulême

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Angoulême has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 66 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 220 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m.

The land around Angoulême is covered by artificial surfaces (49%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, cropland (37%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (36%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
220 m
80 km
568 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Cognac 38 km · Saintes 62 km · Périgueux 68 km · Limoges 87 km · Libourne 87 km · Niort 89 km · Royan 92 km · Bergerac 92 km

France travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 77% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$48,986
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 539
Religion
Roman Catholic 47%none 33%Muslim 4%Protestant 2%

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 Angoulême (45.65°, 0.1535°, elevation 105 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).