Metz weather in December

In December, Metz sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 84 mm of precipitation across 14 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 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of December to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Metz's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Metz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
84 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:31 AM – 4:32 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Metz is city in Grand Est, France.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.3 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
2,955/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 6°C through the month.

A typical December day in Metz reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 0°C and 11°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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362
462
562
662
762
862
961
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1161
1261
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1561
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How December really feels in Metz

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.

Metz 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 / 6812.22.48.50.0
Feb / 5710.72.29.80.5
Mar11° / 6011.8111.62.4
Apr15° / 55110.113.44.3
May19° / 7012.20155.6
Jun22° / 12°6410.9015.96.4
Jul25° / 15°6010.9015.66.8
Aug24° / 14°6411014.26.7
Sep20° / 11°689.3012.46.2
Oct15° / 6911.4010.54.1
Nov / 7212.70.88.91.5
Dec / 84142.58.10.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
32080
42080
52179
62179
72278
82377
92377
102476
112476
122476
132476
142575
152476
162377
172377
182377
192278
202179
212179
222179
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252179
262179
272179
282179
292179
302179
312278

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Metz gets around 84 mm of rain and snow over 14 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 45% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1405
2415
3415
4415
5415
6415
7415
8425
9425
10425
11435
12436
13446
14457
15467
16468
17478
18479
19489
204810
214810
224811
234811
244811
254811
264811
274811
284711
294711
304610
314610

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
10100
11100
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13100
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
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
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2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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3015light breeze
3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 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 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:16 AM to 8:37 AM, and sunset from 4:34 PM to 4:40 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:164:34
28.38:174:34
38.38:184:33
48.28:194:33
58.28:214:33
68.28:224:32
78.28:234:32
88.18:244:32
98.18:254:32
108.18:264:32
118.18:274:32
128.18:284:32
138.18:294:32
148.08:294:32
158.08:304:32
168.08:314:32
178.08:324:32
188.08:324:33
198.08:334:33
208.08:334:33
218.08:344:34
228.08:354:34
238.08:354:35
248.08:354:35
258.08:364:36
268.08:364:36
278.08:364:37
288.08:374:38
298.08:374:38
308.08:374:39
318.18:374:40

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.73 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.73 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 Metz?

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

0.2
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 Metz.

What to pack for Metz in December

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

In December, Metz sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Metz 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 Metz peaks around July 17 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. 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 7 months of the year.

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UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Metz?

Metz sits at 49.1°N, 6.2°E, 182 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Montigny-lès-Metz, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Metz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Metz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m around an average of 181 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 599 m.

The land around Metz is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), cropland (32%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
205 m
16 km
266 m
80 km
599 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Montigny-lès-Metz 3.0 km · Hayange 25 km · Pont-à-Mousson 25 km · Yutz 26 km · Thionville 27 km · Saint-Avold 39 km · Dudelange 41 km · Esch-sur-Alzette 44 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 Metz (49.1191°, 6.1727°, elevation 182 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).