Bad Kreuznach weather in December

In December, Bad Kreuznach sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 4°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Bad Kreuznach's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bad Kreuznach's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:28 AM – 4:22 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.69 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 11 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 4°C through the month.

A typical December day in Bad Kreuznach reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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251
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651
751
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1041
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How December really feels in Bad Kreuznach

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.

Bad Kreuznach 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°5111.13.18.40.0
Feb / -0°449.53.39.70.2
Mar / 5010.81.611.51.9
Apr14° / 46100.213.54.0
May18° / 6211.5015.15.5
Jun21° / 12°5510.50166.3
Jul24° / 14°5710.7015.76.8
Aug23° / 14°5310.1014.26.9
Sep19° / 10°529.2012.46.0
Oct13° / 5410.5010.53.6
Nov / 5311.518.81.1
Dec / 6412.83.480.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32179
42179
52179
62278
72179
82179
92179
102278
112377
122377
132278
142278
152179
162179
172179
182080
192080
202080
211882
221882
231981
241882
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301882
311882

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Bad Kreuznach gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 12.8 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 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1367
2377
3377
4387
5387
6388
7398
8398
9408
10409
11419
124110
134210
144311
154311
164411
174412
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194413
204413
214413
224413
234413
244313
254313
264313
274212
284212
294111
304111
314111

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 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
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
1513light breeze
1613light breeze
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1813light breeze
1913light breeze
2013light breeze
2113light breeze
2213light breeze
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2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
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 8:12 AM to 8:34 AM, and sunset from 4:24 PM to 4:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:124:24
28.28:144:24
38.18:154:23
48.18:164:23
58.18:174:23
68.18:184:22
78.08:194:22
88.08:204:22
98.08:214:22
108.08:224:22
118.08:234:21
128.08:244:21
137.98:254:21
147.98:264:22
157.98:274:22
167.98:284:22
177.98:284:22
187.98:294:22
197.98:304:23
207.98:304:23
217.98:314:23
227.98:314:24
237.98:324:24
247.98:324:25
257.98:324:25
267.98:334:26
277.98:334:27
287.98:334:27
297.98:334:28
307.98:334:29
317.98:344:30

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.69 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.69 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 Bad Kreuznach?

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 Bad Kreuznach.

What to pack for Bad Kreuznach in December

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

In December, Bad Kreuznach sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°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 Bad Kreuznach 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 Bad Kreuznach 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bad Kreuznach?

Bad Kreuznach sits at 49.8°N, 7.9°E, 109 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Bingen am Rhein, 14 km away.

Topography around Bad Kreuznach

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bad Kreuznach has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 233 m around an average of 166 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 524 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Bad Kreuznach is covered by trees (32%), grassland (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 3 km, trees (34%), cropland (31%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
233 m
16 km
524 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Bingen am Rhein 14 km · Ingelheim am Rhein 20 km · Alzey 21 km · Nieder-Ingelheim 21 km · Eltville 27 km · Gonsenheim 30 km · Mainz 33 km · Dotzheim 35 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 Bad Kreuznach (49.8414°, 7.8671°, elevation 109 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).