Donauwörth weather in December

In December, Donauwörth sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 12.3 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 3°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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Donauwörth's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Donauwörth's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
12.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 06 min
8:11 AM – 4:15 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Donauwörth is district capital.

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 3°C through the month.

A typical December day in Donauwörth reaches about 3°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 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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123-1
133-1
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313-2

How December really feels in Donauwörth

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.

Donauwörth weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°5711.25.18.50.0
Feb / -2°4410.14.89.80.1
Mar / 5911.62.511.61.8
Apr14° / 5110.50.613.44.0
May18° / 8313.20155.4
Jun22° / 12°8413.1015.96.1
Jul24° / 14°8913.2015.56.4
Aug24° / 14°8312.3014.26.5
Sep19° / 10°6010.7012.45.8
Oct13° / 61110.210.53.6
Nov / 5910.22.290.8
Dec / -1°6212.358.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32080
42080
52080
62179
72278
82278
92278
102377
112377
122377
132476
142476
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312575

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Donauwörth gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 12.3 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 40% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13513
23613
33713
43813
53814
63914
73914
83914
94014
104015
114015
124015
134016
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154116
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274018
284017
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304017
314017

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 (%)
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28100
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Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 24 min at the start of December to 8 h 06 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 7:56 AM to 8:17 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.47:564:17
28.37:574:17
38.37:584:17
48.37:594:16
58.38:004:16
68.28:024:16
78.28:034:15
88.28:044:15
98.28:054:15
108.28:064:15
118.18:074:15
128.18:074:15
138.18:084:15
148.18:094:15
158.18:104:15
168.18:114:15
178.18:114:16
188.18:124:16
198.18:134:16
208.18:134:17
218.18:144:17
228.18:144:17
238.18:154:18
248.18:154:19
258.18:154:19
268.18:164:20
278.18:164:20
288.18:164:21
298.18:164:22
308.18:174:23
318.18:174:23

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.84 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.84 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.84 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 Donauwörth?

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 Donauwörth.

What to pack for Donauwörth in December

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

In December, Donauwörth sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Donauwörth 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 Donauwörth peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Donauwörth?

Donauwörth sits at 48.7°N, 10.8°E, 410 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Dillingen an der Donau, 26 km away.

Topography around Donauwörth

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Donauwörth has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 131 m around an average of 423 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m.

The land around Donauwörth is covered by cropland (36%), trees (21%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (30%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and cropland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
131 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
514 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Dillingen an der Donau 26 km · Nördlingen 26 km · Neuburg an der Donau 30 km · Gersthofen 33 km · Neusäß 36 km · Weißenburg in Bayern 38 km · Aichach 39 km · Schrobenhausen 39 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 Donauwörth (48.718°, 10.7793°, elevation 410 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).