Cholet weather in December

In December, Cholet sees average daytime highs of 9°C and overnight lows near 4°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 12 wet days and about 8.4 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 17% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of December to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Cholet's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cholet's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 9°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 4°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 82 mm; 12 wet days
Daylight: 8 h 18 min; 8:50 AM – 5:09 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 10th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 0.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 1.6; out of 10

Cholet is commune in Maine-et-Loire, France.

Air quality: Good; PM10 17.2 µg/m³ · 2019
Density: 608/km²; people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Cholet reaches about 9°C in the afternoon and slips back to 4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 3°C and 13°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8
Avg low (°C)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	9	4
6	9	4
7	9	4
8	9	4
9	9	4
10	9	4
11	9	4
12	9	4
13	9	4
14	9	4
15	9	4
16	9	4
17	9	4
18	9	4
19	9	4
20	9	4
21	9	3
22	9	3
23	9	3
24	9	3
25	9	3
26	8	3
27	8	3
28	8	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	3

How December really feels in Cholet

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 24 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Cholet 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	8° / 3°	75	11.1	0.6	8.7	1.4
Feb	9° / 3°	59	9.8	0.6	10	1.9
Mar	13° / 5°	56	10.3	0.1	11.6	3.3
Apr	15° / 6°	61	11.1	0	13.3	4.4
May	19° / 10°	69	11.6	0	14.8	5.7
Jun	22° / 13°	50	9.1	0	15.6	6.7
Jul	24° / 14°	40	7.3	0	15.3	7.4
Aug	24° / 14°	47	7.3	0	14	7.4
Sep	21° / 12°	54	7.8	0	12.4	6.8
Oct	17° / 9°	75	11.7	0	10.6	5.0
Nov	12° / 6°	74	12.1	0	9.1	2.9
Dec	9° / 4°	82	12	0.3	8.4	1.6

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 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	30	30	30	31	31	32	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	31	30	30	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	26	26
Cloudier (%)	70	70	70	69	69	68	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	74	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Cholet gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 12 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 38% and peaks near 40% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	15	light breeze
5	15	light breeze
6	15	light breeze
7	15	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	16	light breeze
30	16	light breeze
31	16	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of December to 8 h 24 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 8:36 AM to 8:56 AM, and sunset from 5:11 PM to 5:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	8.6	8.6	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.3	8.4
Sunrise (AM)	8:36	8:37	8:38	8:39	8:40	8:41	8:42	8:43	8:44	8:45	8:46	8:47	8:48	8:49	8:49	8:50	8:51	8:51	8:52	8:53	8:53	8:54	8:54	8:54	8:55	8:55	8:55	8:56	8:56	8:56	8:56
Sunset (PM)	5:11	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:09	5:10	5:10	5:10	5:11	5:11	5:11	5:12	5:12	5:13	5:14	5:14	5:15	5:16	5:16	5:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	8.6	8:36	5:11
2	8.6	8:37	5:10
3	8.5	8:38	5:10
4	8.5	8:39	5:10
5	8.5	8:40	5:09
6	8.5	8:41	5:09
7	8.4	8:42	5:09
8	8.4	8:43	5:09
9	8.4	8:44	5:09
10	8.4	8:45	5:09
11	8.4	8:46	5:09
12	8.4	8:47	5:09
13	8.4	8:48	5:09
14	8.3	8:49	5:09
15	8.3	8:49	5:09
16	8.3	8:50	5:09
17	8.3	8:51	5:10
18	8.3	8:51	5:10
19	8.3	8:52	5:10
20	8.3	8:53	5:11
21	8.3	8:53	5:11
22	8.3	8:54	5:11
23	8.3	8:54	5:12
24	8.3	8:54	5:12
25	8.3	8:55	5:13
26	8.3	8:55	5:14
27	8.3	8:55	5:14
28	8.3	8:56	5:15
29	8.3	8:56	5:16
30	8.3	8:56	5:16
31	8.4	8:56	5:17

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.99 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.92 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Level	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.1	Dim
2	1.1	Dim
3	1.1	Dim
4	1.1	Dim
5	1.1	Dim
6	1.1	Dim
7	1.1	Dim
8	1.1	Dim
9	1.0	Dim
10	1.0	Dim
11	1.0	Dim
12	1.0	Dim
13	1.0	Dim
14	1.0	Dim
15	1.0	Dim
16	1.0	Dim
17	1.0	Dim
18	1.0	Dim
19	1.0	Dim
20	1.0	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
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24	1.0	Dim
25	1.0	Dim
26	1.0	Dim
27	1.0	Dim
28	1.0	Dim
29	1.0	Dim
30	1.0	Dim
31	1.0	Dim

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Cholet?

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

1.6

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 Cholet.

What to pack for Cholet in December

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

In December, Cholet sees daytime highs around 9°C and nights near 4°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

UV index in Cholet 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 Cholet peaks around August 10 at about 7 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	1	2	3	5	6	7	7	7	5	3	2	1
Level	Low	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Moderate	Moderate	Low	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	1	Low
Feb	2	Low
Mar	3	Moderate
Apr	5	High
May	6	High
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	5	Moderate
Oct	3	Moderate
Nov	2	Low
Dec	1	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Cholet?

Cholet sits at 47.1°N, 0.9°W, 84 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Les Herbiers, 23 km away.

Topography around Cholet

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cholet has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m around an average of 109 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 202 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m.

The land around Cholet is covered by artificial surfaces (42%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (39%) and cropland (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

95 m

artificial surfaces 42%

16 km

202 m

grassland 39%

80 km

339 m

cropland 47%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

← November Cholet year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Les Herbiers 23 km · Bressuire 38 km · Vertou 47 km · Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire 50 km · Angers 52 km · Carquefou 53 km · Nantes 54 km · Rezé 54 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

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 Cholet (47.0589°, -0.8797°, elevation 84 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	9	4
6	9	4
7	9	4
8	9	4
9	9	4
10	9	4
11	9	4
12	9	4
13	9	4
14	9	4
15	9	4
16	9	4
17	9	4
18	9	4
19	9	4
20	9	4
21	9	3
22	9	3
23	9	3
24	9	3
25	9	3
26	8	3
27	8	3
28	8	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.1	Dim
2	1.1	Dim
3	1.1	Dim
4	1.1	Dim
5	1.1	Dim
6	1.1	Dim
7	1.1	Dim
8	1.1	Dim
9	1.0	Dim
10	1.0	Dim
11	1.0	Dim
12	1.0	Dim
13	1.0	Dim
14	1.0	Dim
15	1.0	Dim
16	1.0	Dim
17	1.0	Dim
18	1.0	Dim
19	1.0	Dim
20	1.0	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.0	Dim
25	1.0	Dim
26	1.0	Dim
27	1.0	Dim
28	1.0	Dim
29	1.0	Dim
30	1.0	Dim
31	1.0	Dim

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	9	4
6	9	4
7	9	4
8	9	4
9	9	4
10	9	4
11	9	4
12	9	4
13	9	4
14	9	4
15	9	4
16	9	4
17	9	4
18	9	4
19	9	4
20	9	4
21	9	3
22	9	3
23	9	3
24	9	3
25	9	3
26	8	3
27	8	3
28	8	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.1	Dim
2	1.1	Dim
3	1.1	Dim
4	1.1	Dim
5	1.1	Dim
6	1.1	Dim
7	1.1	Dim
8	1.1	Dim
9	1.0	Dim
10	1.0	Dim
11	1.0	Dim
12	1.0	Dim
13	1.0	Dim
14	1.0	Dim
15	1.0	Dim
16	1.0	Dim
17	1.0	Dim
18	1.0	Dim
19	1.0	Dim
20	1.0	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.0	Dim
25	1.0	Dim
26	1.0	Dim
27	1.0	Dim
28	1.0	Dim
29	1.0	Dim
30	1.0	Dim
31	1.0	Dim

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	10	4
2	10	4
3	10	4
4	10	4
5	9	4
6	9	4
7	9	4
8	9	4
9	9	4
10	9	4
11	9	4
12	9	4
13	9	4
14	9	4
15	9	4
16	9	4
17	9	4
18	9	4
19	9	4
20	9	4
21	9	3
22	9	3
23	9	3
24	9	3
25	9	3
26	8	3
27	8	3
28	8	3
29	8	3
30	8	3
31	8	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	30	70
16	30	70
17	28	72
18	27	73
19	27	73
20	27	73
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	26	74
25	26	74
26	26	74
27	26	74
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	26	74
31	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	37
2	36
3	36
4	36
5	36
6	36
7	36
8	37
9	37
10	37
11	37
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	39
21	39
22	39
23	40
24	40
25	40
26	40
27	40
28	40
29	40
30	40
31	40

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	1.1	Dim
2	1.1	Dim
3	1.1	Dim
4	1.1	Dim
5	1.1	Dim
6	1.1	Dim
7	1.1	Dim
8	1.1	Dim
9	1.0	Dim
10	1.0	Dim
11	1.0	Dim
12	1.0	Dim
13	1.0	Dim
14	1.0	Dim
15	1.0	Dim
16	1.0	Dim
17	1.0	Dim
18	1.0	Dim
19	1.0	Dim
20	1.0	Dim
21	1.0	Dim
22	1.0	Dim
23	1.0	Dim
24	1.0	Dim
25	1.0	Dim
26	1.0	Dim
27	1.0	Dim
28	1.0	Dim
29	1.0	Dim
30	1.0	Dim
31	1.0	Dim