Béziers weather in December

In December, Béziers sees average daytime highs of 12°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 67 mm of precipitation across 8.9 wet days and about 8.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 12°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 hours at the start of December to 8 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Béziers's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Béziers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
12°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
67 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 48 min
8:19 AM – 5:07 PM
Cloud cover
57%
12th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Béziers is city in Hérault, Occitanie, France.

Density
776/km²
people per km²

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 12°C through the month.

A typical December day in Béziers reaches about 12°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 15°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)
1138
2128
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Béziers weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan11° / 739.29.22.7
Feb11° / 516.510.23.1
Mar14° / 567.211.64.4
Apr16° / 10°658.413.25.3
May19° / 14°557.514.56.6
Jun23° / 17°274.115.28.0
Jul26° / 20°163.114.98.3
Aug26° / 20°28513.87.9
Sep23° / 17°876.712.37.5
Oct19° / 14°11910.810.86.0
Nov14° / 10°9810.49.54.3
Dec12° / 678.98.83.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
35050
45149
55149
65149
75248
85248
95248
105149
115149
125248
135248
145149
155149
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Béziers gets around 67 mm of rain and snow over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
134
233
333
432
532
631
731
830
930
1030
1130
1230
1330
1430
1530
1629
1729
1829
1929
2028
2128
2228
2328
2427
2527
2627
2726
2826
2926
3026
3126

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 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
1964
2964
3973
4982
5982
6982
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
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311000

Wind in December

Winds average 19 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 18 km/h on the calmest days to 19 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
219light breeze
319light breeze
419light breeze
519light breeze
619light breeze
719light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 hours at the start of December to 8 h 48 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 8:06 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 5:08 PM to 5:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
19.08:065:08
29.08:075:07
39.08:085:07
49.08:095:07
58.98:105:07
68.98:115:07
78.98:125:06
88.98:135:06
98.98:145:06
108.98:155:06
118.88:165:06
128.88:165:07
138.88:175:07
148.88:185:07
158.88:195:07
168.88:195:07
178.88:205:08
188.88:215:08
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208.88:225:09
218.88:225:09
228.88:235:10
238.88:235:10
248.88:245:11
258.88:245:11
268.88:245:12
278.88:255:12
288.88:255:13
298.88:255:14
308.88:255:14
318.88:265:15

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.51 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.02 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 1.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.6Dim
21.6Dim
31.6Dim
41.6Dim
51.6Dim
61.6Dim
71.6Dim
81.6Dim
91.5Dim
101.5Dim
111.5Dim
121.5Dim
131.5Dim
141.5Dim
151.5Dim
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171.5Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Béziers

In seasonPeak

In December, Béziers sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Béziers's rainy season runs March–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Béziers?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Béziers.

What to pack for Béziers in December

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

In December, Béziers sees daytime highs around 12°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Béziers in December

The nearest coast averages about 14°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 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 22°C and coldest in February near 12°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 30 to Sep 19 — about 2.7 months when the water holds above 20°C.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan12Bracing
Feb12Bracing
Mar12Bracing
Apr14Bracing
May16Cool
Jun19Cool
Jul21Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep20Refreshing
Oct18Cool
Nov16Cool
Dec14Bracing

UV index in Béziers 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 Béziers peaks around July 15 at about 9 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 9Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun8Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Béziers?

Béziers sits at 43.3°N, 3.2°E, 66 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Agde, 21 km away.

Topography around Béziers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Béziers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,436 m.

The land around Béziers is covered by artificial surfaces (42%), trees (22%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (30%) and cropland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and water (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
1,436 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Agde 21 km · Narbonne 25 km · Sète 39 km · Frontignan 45 km · Lattes 61 km · Montpellier 61 km · Castelnau-le-Lez 64 km · Mauguio 71 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 Béziers (43.3412°, 3.214°, elevation 66 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).