Marbach am Neckar weather in December

In December, Marbach am Neckar sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 14.2 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 14% 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 Marbach am Neckar's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Marbach am Neckar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
83 mm
14.2 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:18 AM – 4:21 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

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 Marbach am Neckar reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 0°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -1°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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251
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451
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651
751
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How December really feels in Marbach am Neckar

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.

Marbach am Neckar weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°7012.448.50.0
Feb / -1°59113.79.80.3
Mar10° / 7112.31.911.62.2
Apr15° / 5210.70.213.44.4
May19° / 8112.70155.6
Jun22° / 13°7012.5015.96.3
Jul25° / 15°7612.1015.56.6
Aug24° / 14°6711.2014.26.7
Sep20° / 11°6310.4012.46.0
Oct14° / 7111.50.110.53.9
Nov / 6911.41.38.91.3
Dec / 8314.248.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22179
32179
42278
52278
62278
72278
82278
92476
102476
112575
122575
132575
142575
152674
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Marbach am Neckar gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 14.2 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 46% and peaks near 48% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1409
24110
34110
44210
54210
64310
74310
84411
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204814
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274714
284714
294614
304614
314613

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
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8100
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11100
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19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
210calm
310calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
1311calm
1411calm
1511calm
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1811calm
1911calm
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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 8:03 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 4:23 PM to 4:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:034:23
28.38:044:22
38.38:054:22
48.38:064:21
58.28:084:21
68.28:094:21
78.28:104:21
88.28:114:20
98.18:124:20
108.18:134:20
118.18:144:20
128.18:154:20
138.18:154:20
148.18:164:20
158.18:174:20
168.08:184:21
178.08:184:21
188.08:194:21
198.08:204:21
208.08:204:22
218.08:214:22
228.08:214:23
238.08:224:23
248.08:224:24
258.08:234:24
268.08:234:25
278.08:234:25
288.08:234:26
298.18:244:27
308.18:244:28
318.18:244:28

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.79 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.79 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 Marbach am Neckar?

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 Marbach am Neckar.

What to pack for Marbach am Neckar in December

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

In December, Marbach am Neckar sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Marbach am Neckar 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 Marbach am Neckar peaks around July 15 at about 8 (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 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Marbach am Neckar?

Marbach am Neckar sits at 48.9°N, 9.3°E, 242 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Freiberg am Neckar, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Marbach am Neckar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Marbach am Neckar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 246 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 392 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 973 m.

The land around Marbach am Neckar is covered by cropland (42%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (32%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and cropland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
122 m
16 km
392 m
80 km
973 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Freiberg am Neckar 4.0 km · Ludwigsburg 7.0 km · Remseck am Neckar 8.0 km · Kornwestheim 10 km · Bietigheim-Bissingen 10 km · Stuttgart Mühlhausen 11 km · Winnenden 12 km · Waiblingen 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 Marbach am Neckar (48.9396°, 9.2599°, elevation 242 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).