Hattingen weather in December

In December, Hattingen sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 89 mm of precipitation across 15 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Hattingen's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hattingen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
89 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:38 AM – 4:17 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Hattingen is main settlement of Hattingen town, Germany.

Air quality
Excellent
PM10 13.1 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 5°C through the month.

A typical December day in Hattingen 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 0°C and 10°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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How December really feels in Hattingen

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.

Hattingen weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 8314.33.38.10.0
Feb / 6812.43.89.60.3
Mar10° / 7113.51.711.51.9
Apr14° / 5511.50.213.53.9
May18° / 6712.4015.35.3
Jun21° / 12°7412.6016.35.8
Jul23° / 14°8914015.96.1
Aug23° / 14°8513.4014.46.1
Sep19° / 11°7411.7012.45.6
Oct14° / 7412.5010.43.7
Nov / 7513.718.61.4
Dec / 89153.67.70.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32278
42278
52377
62278
72377
82377
92377
102476
112476
122476
132476
142377
152377
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192080
202080
212179
222080
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251981
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292080
302179
312179

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Hattingen gets around 89 mm of rain and snow over 15 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 48% and peaks near 51% 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 (%)
1437
2437
3447
4447
5457
6468
7468
8478
9478
10479
11479
12479
134810
144810
154811
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174812
184812
194813
204913
214913
224914
234914
245015
255015
265015
275014
285114
295113
305113
315112

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
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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11100
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16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 42 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 8:22 AM to 8:44 AM, and sunset from 4:20 PM to 4:25 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:224:20
27.98:234:19
37.98:254:19
47.98:264:18
57.88:274:18
67.88:284:18
77.88:304:17
87.88:314:17
97.88:324:17
107.78:334:17
117.78:344:17
127.78:354:16
137.78:364:16
147.78:374:16
157.78:374:17
167.68:384:17
177.68:394:17
187.68:404:17
197.68:404:17
207.68:414:18
217.68:414:18
227.68:424:19
237.68:424:19
247.68:434:20
257.68:434:20
267.68:434:21
277.68:444:22
287.68:444:22
297.78:444:23
307.78:444:24
317.78:444:25

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.58 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.58 kWh/m² to a high of 5.2 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.58 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 Hattingen?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.2
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 Hattingen.

What to pack for Hattingen in December

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

In December, Hattingen sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°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 Hattingen 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 Hattingen peaks around July 13 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 13UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hattingen?

Hattingen sits at 51.4°N, 7.2°E, 100 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Sprockhövel, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Hattingen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hattingen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 179 m around an average of 115 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,054 m.

The land around Hattingen is covered by trees (56%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and trees (42%) and cropland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
179 m
16 km
347 m
80 km
1,054 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Sprockhövel 7.0 km · Querenburg 8.0 km · Bochum 9.0 km · Wattenscheid 10 km · Langendreer 12 km · Velbert 12 km · Witten 13 km · Harpen 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 Hattingen (51.3989°, 7.1856°, elevation 100 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).