Audincourt weather in December

In December, Audincourt sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 121 mm of precipitation across 15 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of December to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Audincourt's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Audincourt's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
121 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:21 AM – 4:37 PM
Cloud cover
72%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month.

A typical December day in Audincourt reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -0°C and 10°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)
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261
361
461
551
651
751
851
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How December really feels in Audincourt

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.

Audincourt 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 / -1°10313.85.78.70.0
Feb / -0°9112.15.69.90.4
Mar10° / 9513.13.511.62.3
Apr14° / 8713.4113.33.8
May18° / 11915.50.114.95.0
Jun22° / 13°9513.9015.76.0
Jul24° / 14°8913.1015.46.6
Aug24° / 14°9512.4014.16.6
Sep19° / 11°9611.7012.45.8
Oct14° / 10413.10.310.63.8
Nov / 10713.42.49.11.3
Dec / 121155.18.30.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 71%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
33070
43070
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143070
153070
162971
172971
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202872
212773
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232872
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252674
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282674
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312773

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Audincourt gets around 121 mm of rain and snow over 15 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 48% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14714
24714
34815
44815
54815
64815
74815
84815
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274917
284817
294817
304817
314717

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

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
410calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
1611calm
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1811calm
1911calm
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3111calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of December to 8 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 4:38 PM to 4:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.58:074:38
28.58:084:38
38.58:094:37
48.58:104:37
58.48:114:37
68.48:124:37
78.48:134:36
88.48:144:36
98.48:154:36
108.38:164:36
118.38:174:36
128.38:184:36
138.38:194:36
148.38:194:36
158.38:204:36
168.38:214:37
178.38:224:37
188.28:224:37
198.28:234:37
208.28:234:38
218.28:244:38
228.28:244:39
238.28:254:39
248.28:254:40
258.28:264:40
268.28:264:41
278.38:264:42
288.38:274:42
298.38:274:43
308.38:274:44
318.38:274:45

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.95 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 0.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
71.0Dim
81.0Dim
91.0Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
121.0Dim
131.0Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
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301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Audincourt?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Audincourt.

What to pack for Audincourt in December

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

In December, Audincourt sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Audincourt 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 Audincourt peaks around July 14 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 highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Audincourt?

Audincourt sits at 47.5°N, 6.9°E, 334 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Montbéliard, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Audincourt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Audincourt has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m around an average of 360 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 630 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,406 m.

The land around Audincourt is covered by trees (47%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
119 m
16 km
630 m
80 km
1,406 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Montbéliard 5.0 km · Belfort 18 km · La Chaux-de-Fonds 43 km · Mulhouse 46 km · Biel/Bienne 49 km · Illzach 49 km · Wittenheim 51 km · Allschwil 52 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 Audincourt (47.4833°, 6.8534°, elevation 334 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).