Olivet weather in December

In December, Olivet sees average daytime highs of 8°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 74 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 8.3 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 14% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Olivet's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olivet's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
74 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:42 AM – 4:55 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.86 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.1
out of 10

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 Olivet 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 13°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)
194
293
383
483
583
683
783
883
983
1083
1183
1283
1383
1483
1583
1683
1783
1883
1983
2083
2183
2283
2373
2473
2573
2673
2773
2873
2972
3072
3172

How December really feels in Olivet

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 29 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
29
wind chill below the day's low

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

Olivet 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 / 6212.21.18.60.9
Feb / 5310.31.29.91.5
Mar13° / 5510.70.411.63.4
Apr16° / 5510.8013.44.8
May20° / 10°7311.4014.95.8
Jun23° / 13°539.6015.76.7
Jul26° / 15°569.1015.46.9
Aug25° / 15°528.6014.17.0
Sep22° / 12°518.1012.46.7
Oct17° / 6811.5010.64.9
Nov11° / 6711.90.29.12.4
Dec / 7412.90.88.31.1

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 (%)
12377
22377
32377
42476
52377
62476
72476
82476
92674
102674
112674
122674
132674
142674
152674
162674
172575
182575
192575
202575
212377
222377
232476
242476
252377
262377
272377
282377
292377
302377
312377

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Olivet gets around 74 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 43% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1412
2412
3412
4412
5412
6402
7402
8402
9402
10402
11402
12402
13402
14402
15402
16403
17403
18413
19413
20413
21423
22423
23433
24433
25433
26433
27433
28433
29433
30433
31433

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
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
2314light breeze
2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 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 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:28 AM to 8:48 AM, and sunset from 4:56 PM to 5:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.58:284:56
28.58:294:56
38.48:304:56
48.48:314:55
58.48:324:55
68.48:334:55
78.38:344:55
88.38:364:54
98.38:364:54
108.38:374:54
118.38:384:54
128.38:394:54
138.28:404:54
148.28:414:54
158.28:424:55
168.28:424:55
178.28:434:55
188.28:444:55
198.28:444:56
208.28:454:56
218.28:454:56
228.28:464:57
238.28:464:57
248.28:474:58
258.28:474:58
268.28:474:59
278.28:485:00
288.28:485:00
298.28:485:01
308.28:485:02
318.28:485:03

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.86 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.86 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.9Dim
100.9Dim
110.9Dim
120.9Dim
130.9Dim
140.9Dim
150.9Dim
160.9Dim
170.9Dim
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240.8Dim
250.8Dim
260.8Dim
270.8Dim
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290.8Dim
300.8Dim
310.8Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Olivet?

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

1.1
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 Olivet.

What to pack for Olivet in December

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

In December, Olivet 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 Olivet 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 Olivet 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowAug 10UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5High
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Olivet?

Olivet sits at 47.9°N, 1.9°E, 105 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Orléans, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Olivet

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Olivet has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 101 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m.

The land around Olivet is covered by trees (38%), artificial surfaces (32%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
78 m
80 km
353 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Orléans 4.0 km · Saint-Jean-de-la-Ruelle 6.0 km · Fleury-les-Aubrais 8.0 km · Saint-Jean-de-Braye 8.0 km · Saran 10 km · Châteaudun 48 km · Blois 52 km · Romorantin-Lanthenay 56 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 Olivet (47.8622°, 1.8991°, elevation 105 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).