Greiz weather in December

In December, Greiz sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 13.5 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 15% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of December to 7 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Greiz's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Greiz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
13.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:14 AM – 4:00 PM
Cloud cover
75%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.1 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 3°C through the month.

A typical December day in Greiz reaches about 3°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 -2°C and 9°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 Greiz

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.

Greiz weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°6013.26.88.30.0
Feb / -1°471169.70.0
Mar / 6013.14.411.51.2
Apr13° / 4810.8113.53.5
May18° / 7112.6015.25.2
Jun21° / 12°7712.6016.25.9
Jul23° / 14°8713.1015.86.3
Aug23° / 13°7512.4014.36.4
Sep18° / 10°6410.9012.45.5
Oct13° / 6011.20.310.43.3
Nov / 6111.32.98.70.8
Dec / -0°6313.55.47.80.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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22476
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Greiz gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 13.5 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 44% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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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 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of December to 7 h 48 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 7:59 AM to 8:20 AM, and sunset from 4:03 PM to 4:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.17:594:03
28.08:004:03
38.08:014:02
48.08:024:02
58.08:044:01
67.98:054:01
77.98:064:01
87.98:074:01
97.98:084:00
107.98:094:00
117.88:104:00
127.88:114:00
137.88:124:00
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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 0.67 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.67 kWh/m² to a high of 5.31 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.67 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Greiz?

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 Greiz.

What to pack for Greiz in December

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

In December, Greiz sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Greiz 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 Greiz peaks around July 13 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
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Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Greiz?

Greiz sits at 50.7°N, 12.2°E, 269 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Reichenbach/Vogtland, 8.0 km away.

Topography around Greiz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Greiz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m around an average of 350 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,187 m.

The land around Greiz is covered by trees (62%) within 3 km, trees (40%), cropland (35%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
209 m
16 km
337 m
80 km
1,187 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Reichenbach/Vogtland 8.0 km · Werdau 15 km · Zeulenroda-Triebes 15 km · Plauen 18 km · Auerbach 22 km · Zwickau 22 km · Crimmitschau 22 km · Lusan 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 Greiz (50.6578°, 12.1992°, elevation 269 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).