Nieder-Ingelheim weather in December

In December, Nieder-Ingelheim sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 12.6 wet days and about 7.9 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 9% 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 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Nieder-Ingelheim's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nieder-Ingelheim's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
12.6 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:27 AM – 4:20 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Nieder-Ingelheim is district of Ingelheim, Germany.

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 Nieder-Ingelheim 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 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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How December really feels in Nieder-Ingelheim

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.

Nieder-Ingelheim 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°4911.23.38.40.0
Feb / -0°429.439.70.2
Mar10° / 50111.511.52.0
Apr14° / 4610.20.313.54.0
May18° / 6311.3015.15.6
Jun22° / 12°6010.8016.16.3
Jul24° / 14°6311.5015.76.6
Aug24° / 14°5910.7014.36.8
Sep19° / 10°559.4012.46.0
Oct13° / 5510.80.110.53.6
Nov / 5411.40.98.81.1
Dec / 6212.63.47.90.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41981
51981
61981
71981
81981
92179
102278
112278
122278
132278
142179
152179
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Nieder-Ingelheim gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 12.6 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1357
2357
3367
4377
5378
6388
7388
8388
9399
10399
11409
124010
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294211
304211
314210

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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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112calm
1212calm
1312calm
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2012calm
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2512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 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 8:12 AM to 8:33 AM, and sunset from 4:23 PM to 4:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:124:23
28.28:134:22
38.18:154:22
48.18:164:22
58.18:174:21
68.08:184:21
78.08:194:21
88.08:204:20
98.08:214:20
108.08:224:20
117.98:234:20
127.98:244:20
137.98:254:20
147.98:264:20
157.98:274:20
167.98:274:20
177.98:284:21
187.98:294:21
197.98:294:21
207.98:304:21
217.98:314:22
227.98:314:22
237.98:314:23
247.98:324:23
257.98:324:24
267.98:334:25
277.98:334:25
287.98:334:26
297.98:334:27
307.98:334:28
317.98:334:28

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.66 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.66 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.66 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 Nieder-Ingelheim?

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 Nieder-Ingelheim.

What to pack for Nieder-Ingelheim in December

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

In December, Nieder-Ingelheim 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 Nieder-Ingelheim 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 Nieder-Ingelheim 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
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Nieder-Ingelheim?

Nieder-Ingelheim sits at 50.0°N, 8.1°E, 135 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Ingelheim am Rhein, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Nieder-Ingelheim

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nieder-Ingelheim has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m around an average of 137 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 566 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Nieder-Ingelheim is covered by grassland (42%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, trees (36%), grassland (26%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
163 m
16 km
566 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Ingelheim am Rhein 1.0 km · Eltville 7.0 km · Gonsenheim 9.0 km · Bingen am Rhein 12 km · Dotzheim 14 km · Biebrich 14 km · Mainz 15 km · Wiesbaden 17 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 Nieder-Ingelheim (49.9776°, 8.0725°, 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).