Eckernförde weather in December

In December, Eckernförde sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 61 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-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 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Eckernförde's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eckernförde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
61 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:45 AM – 3:48 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Eckernförde is human settlement 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 Eckernförde 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 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Eckernförde

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.

Eckernförde weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6312.22.77.60.0
Feb / -0°48103.19.30.0
Mar / 5010.81.911.50.9
Apr12° / 439.60.213.73.0
May16° / 5710.7015.74.9
Jun19° / 11°6811.8016.95.7
Jul21° / 13°7512.2016.46.1
Aug21° / 13°7412.7014.76.0
Sep17° / 11°6010.8012.55.3
Oct13° / 6312010.23.2
Nov / 5511.60.58.21.0
Dec / 6112.62.57.10.0

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 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31882
41882
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Eckernförde gets around 61 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1365
2376
3376
4386
5396
6396
7406
8406
9406
10407
11407
12407
13407
14407
15407
16407
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18418
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25429
26429
27429
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30429
31429

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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Wind in December

Winds average 17 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 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 8:28 AM to 8:51 AM, and sunset from 3:53 PM to 3:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.48:283:53
27.48:293:52
37.48:313:52
47.38:323:51
57.38:333:51
67.38:353:50
77.28:363:50
87.28:373:49
97.28:383:49
107.28:393:49
117.18:413:48
127.18:423:48
137.18:433:48
147.18:443:48
157.18:443:48
167.18:453:48
177.08:463:48
187.08:473:49
197.08:473:49
207.08:483:49
217.08:493:50
227.08:493:50
237.08:503:51
247.08:503:51
257.08:503:52
267.08:513:52
277.08:513:53
287.18:513:54
297.18:513:55
307.18:513:56
317.18:513:57

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.42 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.42 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 Eckernförde?

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 Eckernförde.

What to pack for Eckernförde in December

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

In December, Eckernförde sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Eckernförde in December

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 25 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Eckernförde in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Eckernförde peaks around June 23 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Eckernförde?

Eckernförde sits at 54.5°N, 9.8°E, 4 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Schleswig, 18 km away.

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Topography around Eckernförde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eckernförde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Eckernförde is covered by water (34%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) within 16 km, and cropland (31%), water (31%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
125 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Schleswig 18 km · Rendsburg 21 km · Kiel 25 km · Elmschenhagen 30 km · Preetz 39 km · Flensburg 44 km · Neumünster 45 km · Sønderborg 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 Eckernförde (54.4685°, 9.8382°, elevation 4 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).