Bayreuth weather in December

In December, Bayreuth sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 86 mm of precipitation across 14.5 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 2°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 Bayreuth's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bayreuth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
86 mm
14.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:13 AM – 4:06 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Bayreuth is main settlement of Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Germany.

Air quality
Good
PM10 16.6 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 2°C through the month.

A typical December day in Bayreuth reaches about 2°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 -2°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Bayreuth

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.

Bayreuth weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°8013.97.88.40.0
Feb / -3°6211.16.79.70.0
Mar / 7113.14.511.51.1
Apr13° / 5511.6113.53.4
May17° / 74130.115.15.0
Jun20° / 11°8213.40165.8
Jul23° / 13°9013.9015.76.1
Aug22° / 13°7912.5014.36.3
Sep18° / 7010.8012.45.3
Oct12° / 6811.70.410.52.9
Nov / 7111.93.48.80.5
Dec / -1°8614.58.37.90.0

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 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21684
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Bayreuth gets around 86 mm of rain and snow over 14.5 wet days in December. 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 49% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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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
512light breeze
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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 7:58 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 4:09 PM to 4:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:584:09
28.27:594:09
38.18:004:08
48.18:024:08
58.18:034:07
68.18:044:07
78.08:054:07
88.08:064:06
98.08:074:06
108.08:084:06
118.08:094:06
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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 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Bayreuth?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bayreuth.

What to pack for Bayreuth in December

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

In December, Bayreuth sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Bayreuth 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 Bayreuth peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Bayreuth?

Bayreuth sits at 49.9°N, 11.6°E, 338 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Kulmbach, 19 km away.

Topography around Bayreuth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bayreuth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 153 m around an average of 364 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 572 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m.

The land around Bayreuth is covered by artificial surfaces (37%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (49%), grassland (25%) and cropland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (55%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
153 m
16 km
572 m
80 km
836 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Kulmbach 19 km · Marktredwitz 37 km · Kronach 37 km · Lichtenfels 43 km · Forchheim 45 km · Selb 47 km · Hof 47 km · Bamberg 49 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 Bayreuth (49.9478°, 11.5789°, elevation 338 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).