Babenhausen weather in December

In December, Babenhausen sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 82 mm of precipitation across 14.6 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 5°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Babenhausen's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Babenhausen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
82 mm
14.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:24 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Babenhausen is main settlement of Babenhausen in Germany.

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 5°C through the month.

A typical December day in Babenhausen reaches about 5°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 -1°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Babenhausen

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.

Babenhausen 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 / -1°7012.73.68.40.0
Feb / -0°5810.83.59.70.2
Mar10° / 6411.91.611.52.1
Apr15° / 5010.50.113.54.3
May19° / 6911.2015.15.8
Jun22° / 13°61110166.4
Jul24° / 15°6711.5015.76.7
Aug24° / 14°589.9014.36.9
Sep20° / 11°589.4012.46.1
Oct14° / 6110.90.110.53.8
Nov / 6711.50.98.81.2
Dec / 8214.64.17.90.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42080
52179
62179
72179
82179
92179
102278
112278
122278
132278
142278
152278
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312377

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Babenhausen gets around 82 mm of rain and snow over 14.6 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 47% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1388
2399
3409
4419
5429
6429
74310
84410
94410
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205015
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255015
265015
275015
285014
295014
304913
314913

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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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612light breeze
712light breeze
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912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
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3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 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 8:08 AM to 8:30 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:084:19
28.28:104:19
38.18:114:18
48.18:124:18
58.18:134:18
68.08:144:17
78.08:164:17
88.08:174:17
98.08:184:17
108.08:194:17
117.98:204:17
127.98:214:17
137.98:214:17
147.98:224:17
157.98:234:17
167.98:244:17
177.98:254:17
187.98:254:17
197.98:264:18
207.98:264:18
217.98:274:18
227.98:274:19
237.98:284:19
247.98:284:20
257.98:294:21
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277.98:294:22
287.98:294:23
297.98:304:23
307.98:304:24
317.98:304:25

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.66 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.66 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 Babenhausen?

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

0.0
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 Babenhausen.

What to pack for Babenhausen in December

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

In December, Babenhausen sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Babenhausen 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 Babenhausen 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Babenhausen?

Babenhausen sits at 50.0°N, 9.0°E, 127 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Rodgau, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Babenhausen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Babenhausen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Babenhausen is covered by trees (55%) within 3 km, trees (50%) and cropland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
336 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Rodgau 8.0 km · Seligenstadt 9.0 km · Großostheim 10 km · Dieburg 11 km · Groß-Umstadt 11 km · Dietzenbach 13 km · Obertshausen 14 km · Aschaffenburg 14 km

Germany travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 80% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$60,496
2025
Happiness
6.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 615
Religion
none 44%Roman Catholic 25%Protestant 23%other 5%

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 Babenhausen (49.9652°, 8.9513°, elevation 127 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).