Vechelde weather in December

In December, Vechelde sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 59 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 11% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Vechelde's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vechelde's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
59 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:30 AM – 3:59 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vechelde is part of the municipality of Vechelde.

Density
6,190/km²
people per km²

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 Vechelde 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 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 Vechelde

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.

Vechelde weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -0°5912.63.580.0
Feb / -0°4510.73.79.50.1
Mar / 5312.2211.51.6
Apr14° / 459.90.313.63.9
May18° / 5910.7015.45.6
Jun21° / 12°6211.2016.46.1
Jul23° / 14°7612.80166.4
Aug23° / 14°6711.6014.56.5
Sep19° / 11°5610012.45.8
Oct13° / 5711.3010.33.6
Nov / 5311.418.51.2
Dec / 59133.47.60.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
32179
42179
52080
61981
71981
81981
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111981
121882
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312080

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Vechelde gets around 59 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1378
2388
3398
4408
5408
6418
7429
8429
9429
10429
11429
124210
134210
144210
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264313
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284412
294412
304412
314411

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
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8100
9100
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11100
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14100
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16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2015light breeze
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2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 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 8:14 AM to 8:36 AM, and sunset from 4:03 PM to 4:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:144:03
27.88:154:02
37.88:164:02
47.78:184:01
57.78:194:01
67.78:204:00
77.68:214:00
87.68:224:00
97.68:244:00
107.68:253:59
117.68:263:59
127.58:273:59
137.58:283:59
147.58:283:59
157.58:293:59
167.58:303:59
177.58:314:00
187.58:314:00
197.58:324:00
207.58:334:00
217.58:334:01
227.58:344:01
237.58:344:02
247.58:354:02
257.58:354:03
267.58:354:04
277.58:354:04
287.58:364:05
297.58:364:06
307.58:364:07
317.58:364:07

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.53 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.34 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.53 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 Vechelde?

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 Vechelde.

What to pack for Vechelde in December

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

In December, Vechelde 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

UV index in Vechelde 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 Vechelde peaks around June 23 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vechelde?

Vechelde sits at 52.3°N, 10.4°E, 82 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Peine, 11 km away.

Topography around Vechelde

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vechelde has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,165 m.

The land around Vechelde is covered by cropland (55%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (44%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
160 m
80 km
1,165 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Peine 11 km · Braunschweig 11 km · Salzgitter 12 km · Wolfenbüttel 16 km · Gifhorn 27 km · Sehnde 28 km · Lehrte 29 km · Hildesheim 31 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 Vechelde (52.2604°, 10.3649°, elevation 82 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).