Michelstadt weather in December

In December, Michelstadt sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 85 mm of precipitation across 14.7 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
85 mm
14.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:22 AM – 4:18 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10
Air quality
Excellent
PM10 14.7 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 4°C through the month.

A typical December day in Michelstadt 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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How December really feels in Michelstadt

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.

Michelstadt 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°7212.84.58.40.0
Feb / -1°6211.24.49.80.1
Mar10° / 7212.72.311.51.9
Apr14° / 5611.40.313.44.0
May18° / 8312.7015.15.4
Jun22° / 13°7512.40166.1
Jul24° / 14°8113.4015.76.4
Aug24° / 14°6911.2014.26.7
Sep19° / 11°6510.3012.45.9
Oct13° / 6912.20.110.53.6
Nov / 7011.81.58.81.0
Dec / 8514.74.880.0

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
22080
32080
42179
52080
62080
72080
82080
92080
102179
112179
122179
132179
142278
152278
162278
172278
182278
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202278
212278
222278
232179
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262278
272278
282278
292278
302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Michelstadt gets around 85 mm of rain and snow over 14.7 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 47% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13811
23911
34012
44112
54212
64212
74313
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255117
265017
275016
285016
294916
304915
314915

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 (%)
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18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112calm
212calm
312calm
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 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 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:07 AM to 8:28 AM, and sunset from 4:21 PM to 4:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:074:21
28.28:084:20
38.28:094:20
48.18:114:19
58.18:124:19
68.18:134:19
78.18:144:18
88.08:154:18
98.08:164:18
108.08:174:18
118.08:184:18
128.08:194:18
138.08:204:18
148.08:214:18
157.98:214:18
167.98:224:18
177.98:234:18
187.98:244:19
197.98:244:19
207.98:254:19
217.98:254:20
227.98:264:20
237.98:264:21
247.98:274:21
257.98:274:22
267.98:274:22
277.98:284:23
287.98:284:24
297.98:284:24
308.08:284:25
318.08:284:26

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.68 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Michelstadt?

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 Michelstadt.

What to pack for Michelstadt in December

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

In December, Michelstadt sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°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 Michelstadt 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 Michelstadt 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
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Michelstadt?

Michelstadt sits at 49.7°N, 9.0°E, 207 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Reinheim, 21 km away.

Topography around Michelstadt

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Michelstadt has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 292 m around an average of 302 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 461 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 800 m.

The land around Michelstadt is covered by trees (61%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
292 m
16 km
461 m
80 km
800 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Reinheim 21 km · Groß-Umstadt 22 km · Eberbach 23 km · Ober-Ramstadt 25 km · Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse 27 km · Dieburg 27 km · Seeheim-Jugenheim 27 km · Großostheim 28 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 Michelstadt (49.6757°, 9.0037°, elevation 207 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).