Fontainebleau weather in December

In December, Fontainebleau sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 72 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Fontainebleau's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fontainebleau's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
72 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:42 AM – 4:49 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.0
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM2.5 6.9 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 7°C through the month.

A typical December day in Fontainebleau reaches about 7°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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283
383
483
583
683
783
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983
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How December really feels in Fontainebleau

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.

Fontainebleau 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 / 5611.618.60.7
Feb / 509.81.19.91.3
Mar12° / 5210.80.511.63.1
Apr15° / 5110.3013.44.6
May19° / 10°6310.90155.8
Jun23° / 13°5210015.86.6
Jul25° / 15°538.8015.57.0
Aug25° / 14°558.8014.17.0
Sep21° / 11°498.2012.46.6
Oct16° / 6411010.64.8
Nov11° / 6111.70.392.3
Dec / 7212.60.98.21.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22278
32278
42278
52278
62377
72377
82476
92476
102575
112575
122575
132575
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152575
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292476
302476
312476

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Fontainebleau gets around 72 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1402
2402
3402
4392
5392
6392
7392
8392
9392
10392
11392
12392
13402
14402
15402
16412
17412
18413
19423
20423
21423
22423
23424
24424
25424
26414
27414
28414
29414
30404
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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14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1315light breeze
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2015light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of December to 8 h 12 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 8:27 AM to 8:48 AM, and sunset from 4:51 PM to 4:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:274:51
28.48:284:51
38.48:294:50
48.38:304:50
58.38:314:50
68.38:334:49
78.38:344:49
88.28:354:49
98.28:364:49
108.28:374:49
118.28:374:49
128.28:384:49
138.28:394:49
148.18:404:49
158.18:414:49
168.18:424:49
178.18:424:49
188.18:434:50
198.18:444:50
208.18:444:50
218.18:454:51
228.18:454:51
238.18:464:52
248.18:464:52
258.18:464:53
268.18:474:53
278.18:474:54
288.18:474:55
298.18:474:56
308.18:484:56
318.28:484:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.79 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.79 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 Fontainebleau?

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
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fontainebleau.

What to pack for Fontainebleau in December

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

In December, Fontainebleau sees daytime highs around 7°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 Fontainebleau 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 Fontainebleau peaks around July 15 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Fontainebleau?

Fontainebleau sits at 48.4°N, 2.7°E, 84 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Avon, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Fontainebleau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fontainebleau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 103 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m.

The land around Fontainebleau is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (61%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
130 m
80 km
296 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Avon 2.0 km · Dammarie-les-Lys 13 km · Le Mée-sur-Seine 15 km · Melun 16 km · Montereau-Fault-Yonne 19 km · Savigny-le-Temple 20 km · Moissy-Cramayel 25 km · Corbeil-Essonnes 27 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 Fontainebleau (48.4091°, 2.7018°, 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).