Kaiserslautern weather in December

In December, Kaiserslautern sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 72 mm of precipitation across 13.4 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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 11% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kaiserslautern's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaiserslautern's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
72 mm
13.4 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:26 AM – 4:24 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 10.3 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 4°C through the month.

A typical December day in Kaiserslautern reaches about 4°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 -1°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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251
351
451
551
651
741
841
941
1041
1141
1240
1340
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How December really feels in Kaiserslautern

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.

Kaiserslautern weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°5811.33.88.40.0
Feb / -0°519.93.89.80.1
Mar / 5811.51.711.51.8
Apr14° / 5411.20.213.43.8
May18° / 7412.7015.15.3
Jun21° / 12°6711.80166.1
Jul23° / 14°7212.7015.66.5
Aug23° / 14°6511.7014.26.6
Sep19° / 10°6010.2012.45.8
Oct13° / 6211.50.110.53.5
Nov / 6011.91.28.91.0
Dec / 7213.43.880.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52080
62179
72179
82080
92179
102179
112179
122179
132179
142179
152179
162179
172179
182179
192179
202080
212080
222080
232080
242080
252080
262080
272179
282179
292179
302179
312179

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kaiserslautern gets around 72 mm of rain and snow over 13.4 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 43% and peaks near 46% 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 (%)
1379
2379
3379
4389
53910
63910
74010
84010
94110
104211
114211
124311
134412
144412
154512
164613
174613
184613
194613
204613
214614
224614
234614
244614
254514
264513
274513
284413
294413
304412
314312

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
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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2414light breeze
2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of December to 8 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:11 AM to 8:32 AM, and sunset from 4:26 PM to 4:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:114:26
28.28:124:26
38.28:134:26
48.28:154:25
58.28:164:25
68.18:174:25
78.18:184:24
88.18:194:24
98.18:204:24
108.08:214:24
118.08:224:24
128.08:234:24
138.08:244:24
148.08:244:24
158.08:254:24
168.08:264:24
178.08:274:24
188.08:274:25
197.98:284:25
207.98:294:25
217.98:294:26
227.98:304:26
237.98:304:27
247.98:304:27
257.98:314:28
268.08:314:28
278.08:314:29
288.08:324:30
298.08:324:30
308.08:324:31
318.08:324:32

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.71 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.71 kWh/m² to a high of 5.59 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.71 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 Kaiserslautern?

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 Kaiserslautern.

What to pack for Kaiserslautern in December

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

In December, Kaiserslautern sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°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 Kaiserslautern 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 Kaiserslautern 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaiserslautern?

Kaiserslautern sits at 49.4°N, 7.8°E, 240 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Neustadt an der Weinstraße, 29 km away.

Topography around Kaiserslautern

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaiserslautern has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 225 m around an average of 279 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 754 m.

The land around Kaiserslautern is covered by trees (54%) and artificial surfaces (35%) within 3 km, trees (71%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
225 m
16 km
416 m
80 km
754 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Neustadt an der Weinstraße 29 km · Bad Dürkheim 29 km · Pirmasens 29 km · Homburg 34 km · Haßloch 36 km · Zweibrücken 36 km · Landau in der Pfalz 37 km · Bexbach 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 Kaiserslautern (49.443°, 7.7716°, elevation 240 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).