Gunzenhausen weather in December

In December, Gunzenhausen sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 66 mm of precipitation across 13.1 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 12% 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 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Gunzenhausen's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gunzenhausen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
66 mm
13.1 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:13 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.8 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gunzenhausen is main settlement of Gunzenhausen, Middle Franconia, 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 3°C through the month.

A typical December day in Gunzenhausen 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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93-1
103-1
113-1
123-1
133-1
143-1
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283-2
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303-2
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How December really feels in Gunzenhausen

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.

Gunzenhausen 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°5911.65.58.50.0
Feb / -2°4810.35.29.80.1
Mar / 6111.92.911.61.6
Apr14° / 5210.80.713.43.8
May18° / 8213.10155.3
Jun21° / 12°8213.3015.96.0
Jul24° / 14°8613.6015.66.3
Aug23° / 14°8012.3014.26.5
Sep19° / 10°6211012.45.6
Oct13° / 6211.30.310.53.4
Nov / 6110.62.78.90.7
Dec / -1°6613.15.78.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
32179
42278
52278
62278
72278
82377
92377
102377
112377
122377
132377
142377
152278
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182278
192278
202278
212278
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232278
242377
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262377
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282377
292377
302377
312476

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Gunzenhausen gets around 66 mm of rain and snow over 13.1 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 6 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13615
23715
33715
43815
53916
63916
74016
84016
94017
104117
114117
124118
134218
144218
154319
164319
174419
184419
194420
204420
214420
224420
234420
244420
254420
264419
274419
284419
294418
304418
314317

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
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5100
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17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

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 13 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
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
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2013light breeze
2113light breeze
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2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 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 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:58 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.37:584:16
28.37:594:15
38.38:004:15
48.28:014:15
58.28:024:14
68.28:034:14
78.28:044:14
88.18:064:14
98.18:074:13
108.18:074:13
118.18:084:13
128.18:094:13
138.18:104:13
148.08:114:13
158.08:124:14
168.08:134:14
178.08:134:14
188.08:144:14
198.08:154:15
208.08:154:15
218.08:164:15
228.08:164:16
238.08:174:16
248.08:174:17
258.08:174:17
268.08:184:18
278.08:184:19
288.08:184:19
298.08:184:20
308.08:184:21
318.18:194:22

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.8 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.8 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.8 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 Gunzenhausen?

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 Gunzenhausen.

What to pack for Gunzenhausen in December

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

In December, Gunzenhausen sees daytime highs around 3°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 Gunzenhausen 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 Gunzenhausen peaks around July 15 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 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Gunzenhausen?

Gunzenhausen sits at 49.1°N, 10.8°E, 430 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Weißenburg in Bayern, 18 km away.

Topography around Gunzenhausen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gunzenhausen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 430 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 626 m.

The land around Gunzenhausen is covered by grassland (31%), cropland (26%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, trees (35%), cropland (34%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (41%) and cropland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
318 m
80 km
626 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Weißenburg in Bayern 18 km · Ansbach 24 km · Roth 28 km · Schwabach 31 km · Nördlingen 36 km · Oberasbach 37 km · Wendelstein 39 km · Zirndorf 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 Gunzenhausen (49.1166°, 10.7597°, elevation 430 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).