Troyes weather in December

In December, Troyes sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 80 mm of precipitation across 13.6 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 13% 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 Troyes's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Troyes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
80 mm
13.6 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:36 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.7
out of 10
Air quality
Good
PM10 16 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 Troyes reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 2°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°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)
183
283
383
473
573
672
772
872
972
1072
1172
1272
1372
1472
1572
1672
1772
1872
1972
2072
2172
2272
2372
2472
2562
2662
2762
2862
2962
3062
3162

How December really feels in Troyes

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.

Troyes 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 / 6612.11.58.60.5
Feb / 5710.71.99.91.1
Mar12° / 5611.40.711.63.0
Apr15° / 6111.30.113.44.5
May19° / 7212.10155.7
Jun23° / 13°5810.8015.86.5
Jul25° / 15°609.9015.56.9
Aug25° / 14°609.6014.16.9
Sep21° / 11°619.5012.46.4
Oct16° / 7212.2010.64.5
Nov10° / 6912.20.492.1
Dec / 8013.61.58.20.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
21981
31981
42179
52179
62278
72278
82377
92476
102476
112575
122575
132674
142674
152575
162575
172575
182476
192476
202575
212377
222377
232377
242377
252278
262278
272377
282377
292278
302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Troyes gets around 80 mm of rain and snow over 13.6 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 43% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1413
2413
3413
4413
5413
6413
7413
8413
9413
10413
11424
12424
13424
14424
15434
16435
17445
18445
19445
20456
21456
22456
23456
24466
25466
26466
27466
28466
29466
30456
31456

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 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
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
1415light breeze
1515light breeze
1615light breeze
1715light breeze
1815light breeze
1915light breeze
2015light breeze
2115light breeze
2215light breeze
2315light breeze
2415light breeze
2515light breeze
2615light breeze
2715light breeze
2815light breeze
2915light breeze
3015light breeze
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 8:21 AM to 8:42 AM, and sunset from 4:46 PM to 4:52 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.48:214:46
28.48:224:46
38.48:234:45
48.38:244:45
58.38:254:45
68.38:274:44
78.38:284:44
88.38:294:44
98.28:304:44
108.28:314:44
118.28:314:44
128.28:324:44
138.28:334:44
148.28:344:44
158.28:354:44
168.18:364:44
178.18:364:44
188.18:374:45
198.18:384:45
208.18:384:45
218.18:394:46
228.18:394:46
238.18:404:47
248.18:404:47
258.18:404:48
268.18:414:48
278.18:414:49
288.18:414:50
298.28:414:50
308.28:414:51
318.28:424:52

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.8 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.72 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.9Dim
20.9Dim
30.9Dim
40.9Dim
50.9Dim
60.9Dim
70.9Dim
80.9Dim
90.8Dim
100.8Dim
110.8Dim
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240.8Dim
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260.8Dim
270.8Dim
280.8Dim
290.8Dim
300.8Dim
310.8Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Troyes?

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

0.7
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 Troyes.

What to pack for Troyes in December

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

In December, Troyes sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Troyes 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 Troyes 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 17UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Troyes?

Troyes sits at 48.3°N, 4.1°E, 106 m above sea level, in France. The nearest listed city is Vitry-le-François, 60 km away.

Topography around Troyes

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Troyes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 111 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 226 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 394 m.

The land around Troyes is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) within 16 km, and cropland (58%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
226 m
80 km
394 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Vitry-le-François 60 km · Sens 60 km · Auxerre 68 km · Saint-Dizier 74 km · Châlons-en-Champagne 76 km · Chaumont 81 km · Épernay 83 km · Montereau-Fault-Yonne 84 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 Troyes (48.3007°, 4.0852°, elevation 106 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).