Itzehoe weather in December

In December, Itzehoe sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-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 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of December to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Itzehoe's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itzehoe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:43 AM – 3:53 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.7 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 Itzehoe 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 -1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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252
352
452
552
651
751
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How December really feels in Itzehoe

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.

Itzehoe weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°67132.57.70.0
Feb / -0°5310.93.19.40.0
Mar / 5511.3211.51.2
Apr13° / 4710.40.313.73.4
May17° / 6411.6015.75.1
Jun19° / 11°7312.2016.85.7
Jul22° / 13°8413.4016.36.0
Aug22° / 13°8113.2014.66.0
Sep18° / 10°6310.8012.55.4
Oct13° / 6712.5010.23.3
Nov / 5912.20.68.31.1
Dec / 68132.87.20.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31882
41882
51882
61882
71981
81981
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101981
111981
122080
132179
142080
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221882
231882
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301981
311981

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Itzehoe gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 43% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1396
2406
3406
4416
5416
6417
7427
8427
9427
10427
11417
12417
13417
14418
15418
16418
17419
18419
19419
204110
214210
224210
234211
244211
254211
264311
274311
284311
294310
304310
314310

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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8100
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20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2015light breeze
2115light breeze
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2716light breeze
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2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of December to 7 h 12 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 8:26 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 3:58 PM to 4:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:263:58
27.58:273:57
37.58:293:56
47.48:303:56
57.48:313:55
67.48:333:55
77.38:343:54
87.38:353:54
97.38:363:54
107.38:373:53
117.28:393:53
127.28:403:53
137.28:413:53
147.28:413:53
157.28:423:53
167.28:433:53
177.28:443:53
187.18:453:53
197.18:453:54
207.18:463:54
217.18:463:54
227.18:473:55
237.18:473:55
247.18:483:56
257.18:483:57
267.18:483:57
277.28:493:58
287.28:493:59
297.28:493:59
307.28:494:00
317.28:494:01

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.44 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.44 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 Itzehoe?

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 Itzehoe.

What to pack for Itzehoe in December

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

In December, Itzehoe sees daytime highs around 5°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

Sea temperature near Itzehoe in December

The nearest coast averages about 5°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 42 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr8Bracing
May13Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct13Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec5Bracing

UV index in Itzehoe in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Itzehoe peaks around July 19 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 19UV 5Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Itzehoe?

Itzehoe sits at 53.9°N, 9.5°E, 7 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Elmshorn, 21 km away.

Topography around Itzehoe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itzehoe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 189 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 266 m.

The land around Itzehoe is covered by trees (52%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (45%), cropland (28%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and grassland (30%), cropland (30%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
94 m
16 km
189 m
80 km
266 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Elmshorn 21 km · Uetersen 28 km · Kaltenkirchen 31 km · Quickborn 34 km · Pinneberg 35 km · Neumünster 35 km · Hansestadt Stade 36 km · Halstenbek 38 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 Itzehoe (53.921°, 9.5153°, elevation 7 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).