Rendsburg weather in December

In December, Rendsburg sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 64 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 7.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-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 10% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 30 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Rendsburg's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rendsburg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
64 mm
12.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 06 min
8:45 AM – 3:50 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.43 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Rendsburg is settlement in Rendsburg, 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 5°C through the month.

A typical December day in Rendsburg reaches about 5°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°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 about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Rendsburg

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.

Rendsburg weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°6512.32.77.70.0
Feb / -0°5010.239.30.0
Mar / 5210.8211.51.0
Apr12° / 4510.10.213.73.2
May16° / 6010.9015.75.0
Jun19° / 11°6912.1016.85.7
Jul21° / 13°7712.9016.46.1
Aug21° / 13°7612.7014.76.0
Sep18° / 11°6011012.55.3
Oct13° / 6412010.23.2
Nov / 5611.50.68.21.1
Dec / 6412.52.77.20.0

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 (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Rendsburg gets around 64 mm of rain and snow over 12.5 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 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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2376
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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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Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 7 h 30 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:27 AM to 8:51 AM, and sunset from 3:55 PM to 3:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.58:273:55
27.48:293:54
37.48:303:53
47.48:323:53
57.38:333:52
67.38:343:52
77.38:363:51
87.28:373:51
97.28:383:51
107.28:393:50
117.28:403:50
127.18:413:50
137.18:423:50
147.18:433:50
157.18:443:50
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177.18:463:50
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197.18:473:51
207.18:483:51
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227.18:493:52
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247.18:503:53
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277.18:503:55
287.18:513:56
297.18:513:57
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317.18:513:58

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.43 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.43 kWh/m² to a high of 5.37 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.43 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Rendsburg?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Rendsburg.

What to pack for Rendsburg in December

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

In December, Rendsburg sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Rendsburg in December

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 46 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan3Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr5Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep16Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Rendsburg in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Rendsburg peaks around July 20 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 20UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rendsburg?

Rendsburg sits at 54.3°N, 9.7°E, 9 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Eckernförde, 21 km away.

Topography around Rendsburg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rendsburg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 275 m.

The land around Rendsburg is covered by trees (35%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), cropland (33%) and trees (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (30%), water (28%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
123 m
80 km
275 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Eckernförde 21 km · Schleswig 25 km · Kiel 30 km · Neumünster 32 km · Elmschenhagen 34 km · Heide 39 km · Preetz 40 km · Itzehoe 44 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 Rendsburg (54.3018°, 9.6717°, elevation 9 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).