Guérande weather in December

In December, Guérande sees average daytime highs of 10°C and overnight lows near 7°C, with 85 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 10°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 Guérande's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guérande's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10°
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
85 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:57 AM – 5:14 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
1 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.1
out of 10

Guérande 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 10°C through the month.

A typical December day in Guérande reaches about 10°C in the afternoon and slips back to 7°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 6°C and 13°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)
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Guérande weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 7512.18.71.8
Feb / 569.89.91.9
Mar11° / 501011.62.7
Apr13° / 501013.33.7
May16° / 12°499.114.85.1
Jun19° / 15°387.815.76.3
Jul20° / 17°397.215.36.9
Aug21° / 17°437.614.16.9
Sep19° / 15°517.812.46.4
Oct16° / 13°8011.910.64.7
Nov13° / 10°8212.89.13.1
Dec10° / 85138.32.1

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23466
33565
43565
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63664
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123466
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312872

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

Guérande gets around 85 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 41% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 0 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 23 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
122breezy
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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 8:43 AM to 9:03 AM, and sunset from 5:16 PM to 5:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.58:435:16
28.58:445:16
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48.58:465:15
58.58:485:15
68.48:495:14
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.0Dim
111.0Dim
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131.0Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Guérande?

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

2.1
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guérande.

What to pack for Guérande in December

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

In December, Guérande sees daytime highs around 10°C and nights near 7°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Guérande in December

The nearest coast averages about 11°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 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 9°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan10Bracing
Feb9Bracing
Mar10Bracing
Apr12Bracing
May14Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov14Bracing
Dec11Bracing

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

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
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Jun7High
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Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Guérande?

Guérande sits at 47.3°N, 2.4°W, 55 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is La Baule-Escoublac, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Guérande

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guérande has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m around an average of 30 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Guérande is covered by grassland (29%), trees (28%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, water (48%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
67 m
16 km
75 m
80 km
328 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: La Baule-Escoublac 6.0 km · Saint-Nazaire 17 km · Vannes 44 km · Couëron 55 km · Saint-Herblain 60 km · Orvault 61 km · Bouguenais 63 km · La Chapelle-sur-Erdre 66 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 Guérande (47.3283°, -2.4293°, elevation 55 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).