Öhringen weather in December

In December, Öhringen sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 83 mm of precipitation across 13.9 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 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 18 min at the start of December to 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Öhringen's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Öhringen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
83 mm
13.9 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:18 AM – 4:18 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.75 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 Öhringen 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 4°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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651
740
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How December really feels in Öhringen

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.

Öhringen 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°7011.94.68.50.0
Feb / -1°6111.14.69.80.2
Mar10° / 7012.42.111.61.9
Apr14° / 5110.30.313.44.1
May18° / 7912.9015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°6612015.96.2
Jul24° / 14°7112.4015.66.6
Aug24° / 14°6011014.26.8
Sep19° / 10°6010.6012.45.9
Oct14° / 6811.50.110.53.7
Nov / 6711.61.78.91.0
Dec / 8313.95.18.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32080
42080
52080
62080
72080
82179
92179
102278
112278
122278
132278
142278
152278
162278
172377
182278
192278
202278
212377
222377
232377
242377
252377
262377
272377
282476
292476
302476
312377

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Öhringen gets around 83 mm of rain and snow over 13.9 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 45% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14012
24012
34012
44112
54112
64213
74213
84313
94314
104414
114415
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224719
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274618
284617
294617
304516
314516

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
10100
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 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 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
111calm
211calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812light breeze
912light breeze
1012light breeze
1112light breeze
1212light breeze
1312light breeze
1412light breeze
1512light breeze
1612light breeze
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1913light breeze
2013light breeze
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2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light 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 8:03 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 4:21 PM to 4:26 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:034:21
28.38:044:20
38.28:054:20
48.28:074:19
58.28:084:19
68.28:094:19
78.18:104:18
88.18:114:18
98.18:124:18
108.18:134:18
118.18:144:18
128.18:154:18
138.08:164:18
148.08:164:18
158.08:174:18
168.08:184:18
178.08:194:19
188.08:194:19
198.08:204:19
208.08:214:19
218.08:214:20
228.08:224:20
238.08:224:21
248.08:224:21
258.08:234:22
268.08:234:23
278.08:234:23
288.08:244:24
298.08:244:25
308.08:244:25
318.08:244:26

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.75 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.75 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 Öhringen?

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 Öhringen.

What to pack for Öhringen in December

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

In December, Öhringen sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Öhringen 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 Öhringen 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

Air quality in Öhringen in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Öhringen is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1515 µg/m³Nov 218 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb10Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Öhringen?

Öhringen sits at 49.2°N, 9.5°E, 228 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Künzelsau, 16 km away.

Topography around Öhringen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Öhringen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m around an average of 255 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 427 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 797 m.

The land around Öhringen is covered by cropland (43%), artificial surfaces (21%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and cropland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
111 m
16 km
427 m
80 km
797 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
December weather nearby: Künzelsau 16 km · Schwäbisch Hall 19 km · Neckarsulm 21 km · Heilbronn 22 km · Backnang 28 km · Bad Rappenau 30 km · Mosbach 31 km · Marbach am Neckar 34 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 Öhringen (49.1988°, 9.5072°, elevation 228 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).