Germering weather in December

In December, Germering sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-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 16% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Germering's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Germering's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:06 AM – 4:16 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Germering 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 4°C through the month.

A typical December day in Germering reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 5°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 4°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Germering

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.

Germering weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°6211.46.28.60.0
Feb / -2°5310.35.49.90.2
Mar10° / 7012.73.311.62.0
Apr14° / 6511.91.113.44.0
May19° / 10615.1014.95.3
Jun22° / 12°10614.3015.85.9
Jul24° / 14°10414.5015.46.3
Aug24° / 14°9913.2014.16.4
Sep19° / 10°8111.8012.45.7
Oct14° / 6811.30.310.63.8
Nov / 6310.32.691.0
Dec / -1°6812.96.28.20.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32476
42575
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92674
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112674
122674
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242971
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283070
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303070
313070

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Germering gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13614
23615
33715
43816
53916
63917
74017
84018
94118
104119
114219
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144321
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224321
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314220

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 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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410calm
510calm
611calm
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811calm
911calm
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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 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:51 AM to 8:12 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.47:514:17
28.47:524:17
38.47:534:17
48.47:544:16
58.37:564:16
68.37:574:16
78.37:584:16
88.37:594:15
98.38:004:15
108.28:014:15
118.28:024:15
128.28:024:15
138.28:034:15
148.28:044:15
158.28:054:15
168.28:064:16
178.28:064:16
188.28:074:16
198.18:084:17
208.18:084:17
218.18:094:17
228.18:094:18
238.18:104:18
248.18:104:19
258.18:104:19
268.28:114:20
278.28:114:21
288.28:114:21
298.28:114:22
308.28:124:23
318.28:124:24

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.93 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.93 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.93 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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41.0Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Germering?

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 Germering.

What to pack for Germering in December

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

In December, Germering sees daytime highs around 4°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

UV index in Germering 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 Germering peaks around July 11 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 11UV 8Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5High
May7High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Germering in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Germering is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJun 1615 µg/m³Nov 139 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Germering?

Germering sits at 48.1°N, 11.4°E, 544 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Puchheim, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Germering

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Germering has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m around an average of 542 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 240 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,338 m.

The land around Germering is covered by trees (33%), cropland (28%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, trees (45%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), cropland (28%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
71 m
16 km
240 m
80 km
2,338 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Puchheim 3.0 km · Pasing 6.0 km · Gilching 7.0 km · Gauting 7.0 km · Gröbenzell 7.0 km · Olching 8.0 km · Fürstenfeldbruck 10 km · Karlsfeld 13 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 Germering (48.1339°, 11.3765°, elevation 544 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).