Eppingen weather in December

In December, Eppingen sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 89 mm of precipitation across 14.7 wet days and about 8.1 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 13% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of December to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Eppingen's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eppingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
89 mm
14.7 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:20 AM – 4:21 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Eppingen 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 Eppingen reaches about 5°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 -0°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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

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.

Eppingen 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°7512.648.50.0
Feb / -0°6411.13.99.80.3
Mar10° / 7312.21.711.62.3
Apr15° / 5010.10.113.44.5
May19° / 10°7512.50155.7
Jun22° / 13°6111.7015.96.4
Jul25° / 15°7012.1015.66.6
Aug24° / 14°5810.4014.26.8
Sep20° / 11°6210.1012.46.1
Oct14° / 7011.80.110.53.9
Nov / 7211.71.18.91.3
Dec / 8914.748.10.0

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 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32278
42377
52377
62377
72377
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92476
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112575
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Eppingen gets around 89 mm of rain and snow over 14.7 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 (%)
1408
2409
3419
4429
5429
6439
74410
84410
94510
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144812
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265015
274915
284914
294914
304814
314813

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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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
110calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of December to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:05 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 4:23 PM to 4:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:054:23
28.38:064:23
38.28:074:22
48.28:094:22
58.28:104:22
68.28:114:21
78.28:124:21
88.18:134:21
98.18:144:21
108.18:154:21
118.18:164:21
128.18:174:21
138.08:184:21
148.08:184:21
158.08:194:21
168.08:204:21
178.08:214:21
188.08:214:21
198.08:224:22
208.08:234:22
218.08:234:23
228.08:244:23
238.08:244:24
248.08:244:24
258.08:254:25
268.08:254:25
278.08:254:26
288.08:264:27
298.08:264:27
308.08:264:28
318.08:264:29

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.75 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.75 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 Eppingen?

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 Eppingen.

What to pack for Eppingen in December

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

In December, Eppingen sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 0°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 Eppingen 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 Eppingen peaks around July 14 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 14UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Eppingen?

Eppingen sits at 49.1°N, 8.9°E, 190 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Brackenheim, 13 km away.

Topography around Eppingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eppingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 364 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,078 m.

The land around Eppingen is covered by cropland (62%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
161 m
16 km
364 m
80 km
1,078 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Brackenheim 13 km · Sinsheim 13 km · Bad Rappenau 18 km · Bretten 19 km · Mühlacker 22 km · Heilbronn 22 km · Sachsenheim 23 km · Vaihingen an der Enz 23 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 Eppingen (49.1365°, 8.9123°, elevation 190 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).