Flers weather in December

In December, Flers sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 8°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 24 min at the start of December to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Flers's 10th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Flers's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:56 AM – 5:01 PM
Cloud cover
75%
10th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10

Flers is human settlement in France.

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 8°C through the month.

A typical December day in Flers reaches about 8°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 2°C and 12°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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284
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583
683
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1283
1383
1483
1573
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How December really feels in Flers

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 28 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
28
wind chill below the day's low

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

Flers 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 / 7111.90.98.50.8
Feb / 5911.11.49.81.2
Mar11° / 57110.711.62.6
Apr14° / 5911.7013.43.7
May17° / 6612.20155.0
Jun20° / 11°589.8015.96.1
Jul22° / 13°519.5015.56.7
Aug22° / 13°5610.1014.26.6
Sep19° / 11°529.3012.46.0
Oct15° / 7112.2010.54.2
Nov10° / 6912.60.192.2
Dec / 8213.21.18.11.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22278
32278
42476
52476
62476
72575
82476
92476
102476
112476
122575
132575
142377
152377
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182476
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202377
212278
222377
232377
242377
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312476

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Flers gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 42% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1422
2422
3422
4422
5422
6412
7412
8412
9412
10403
11403
12403
13413
14414
15414
16414
17424
18424
19435
20435
21435
22435
23435
24434
25434
26434
27424
28423
29413
30413
31403

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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21100
22100
23100
24100
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26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of December to 8 h 06 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 8:41 AM to 9:02 AM, and sunset from 5:03 PM to 5:09 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:415:03
28.38:425:02
38.38:445:02
48.38:455:02
58.38:465:01
68.28:475:01
78.28:485:01
88.28:495:01
98.28:505:00
108.28:515:00
118.18:525:00
128.18:535:00
138.18:545:00
148.18:555:00
158.18:555:01
168.18:565:01
178.18:575:01
188.18:585:01
198.18:585:02
208.18:595:02
218.18:595:02
228.19:005:03
238.19:005:03
248.19:015:04
258.19:015:04
268.19:015:05
278.19:025:06
288.19:025:06
298.19:025:07
308.19:025:08
318.19:025:09

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.81 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.81 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 Flers?

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

1.0
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 Flers.

What to pack for Flers in December

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

In December, Flers sees daytime highs around 8°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Flers 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 Flers peaks around June 17 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 17UV 7Jan 10UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Flers?

Flers sits at 48.7°N, 0.6°W, 206 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Argentan, 41 km away.

Topography around Flers

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Flers has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 210 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 291 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m.

The land around Flers is covered by grassland (33%), trees (32%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (38%), trees (30%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
291 m
80 km
460 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Argentan 41 km · Mayenne 48 km · Caen 52 km · Hérouville-Saint-Clair 56 km · Saint-Lô 57 km · Alençon 60 km · Bayeux 61 km · Fougères 63 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 Flers (48.7372°, -0.5747°, elevation 206 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).