Nidda weather in December

In December, Nidda sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 80 mm of precipitation across 14.4 wet days and about 7.9 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 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 06 min at the start of December to 7 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Nidda's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nidda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
80 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
7 h 48 min
8:26 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.62 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 4°C through the month.

A typical December day in Nidda 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 Nidda

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.

Nidda 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°6912.74.18.30.0
Feb / -1°5510.54.19.70.1
Mar / 6112.42.111.51.7
Apr14° / 5310.70.313.53.9
May18° / 6711.8015.25.4
Jun21° / 12°6811.9016.16.0
Jul23° / 14°7512.6015.86.4
Aug23° / 13°6711.1014.36.6
Sep18° / 10°639.8012.45.7
Oct13° / 6311.50.110.53.4
Nov / 6411.91.38.80.9
Dec / 8014.44.77.90.0

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
21882
31882
41882
51981
61882
71783
81783
91882
101882
111981
122080
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Nidda gets around 80 mm of rain and snow over 14.4 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 50% 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 (%)
13711
23812
33912
44012
54012
64112
74212
84312
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284916
294916
304815
314815

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
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25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
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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
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 06 min at the start of December to 7 h 48 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 8:10 AM to 8:32 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.18:104:17
28.18:124:17
38.18:134:16
48.08:144:16
58.08:154:15
68.08:164:15
78.08:174:15
87.98:194:15
97.98:204:14
107.98:214:14
117.98:224:14
127.98:224:14
137.88:234:14
147.88:244:14
157.88:254:14
167.88:264:14
177.88:274:15
187.88:274:15
197.88:284:15
207.88:284:16
217.88:294:16
227.88:294:16
237.88:304:17
247.88:304:17
257.88:314:18
267.88:314:19
277.88:314:19
287.88:314:20
297.88:324:21
307.88:324:22
317.88:324:23

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.62 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.62 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.62 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 Nidda?

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 Nidda.

What to pack for Nidda in December

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

In December, Nidda sees daytime highs around 4°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 Nidda 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 Nidda peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nidda?

Nidda sits at 50.4°N, 9.0°E, 135 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Büdingen, 16 km away.

Topography around Nidda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nidda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m around an average of 177 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 917 m.

The land around Nidda is covered by cropland (34%), trees (33%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (43%), cropland (31%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (54%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
181 m
16 km
522 m
80 km
917 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Büdingen 16 km · Friedberg 20 km · Bad Nauheim 20 km · Nidderau 22 km · Butzbach 24 km · Karben 26 km · Bruchköbel 27 km · Gelnhausen 27 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 Nidda (50.4133°, 9.0064°, elevation 135 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).