Wadgassen weather in December

In December, Wadgassen sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 107 mm of precipitation across 15 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 5°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 Wadgassen's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wadgassen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
107 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:29 AM – 4:29 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.7 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.1
out of 10

Wadgassen is main settlement of Wadgassen municipality, 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 Wadgassen 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 -0°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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362
462
552
651
751
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How December really feels in Wadgassen

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.

Wadgassen 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 / -0°8613.23.18.50.0
Feb / 71113.39.80.3
Mar10° / 73121.511.62.2
Apr14° / 5710.80.113.44.1
May18° / 7212.7015.15.5
Jun22° / 12°6511015.96.3
Jul24° / 14°6611.1015.66.7
Aug24° / 14°6411.1014.26.7
Sep19° / 11°689.8012.46.0
Oct14° / 7611.9010.53.8
Nov / 8012.718.91.3
Dec / 107153.38.10.1

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 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31981
41981
51981
61981
72080
82179
92179
102179
112179
122179
132179
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302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Wadgassen gets around 107 mm of rain and snow over 15 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 48% and peaks near 51% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1428
2438
3437
4447
5447
6457
7457
8457
9467
10468
11468
12478
13479
14489
154810
164910
174910
185011
195011
205012
215012
225113
235113
245013
255013
265013
275013
284913
294912
304912
314812

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
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
1414light breeze
1514light breeze
1614light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
1914light breeze
2014light breeze
2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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2514light breeze
2614light breeze
2714light breeze
2814light breeze
2914light breeze
3014light breeze
3114light 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 8:14 AM to 8:35 AM, and sunset from 4:31 PM to 4:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:144:31
28.38:154:31
38.28:174:30
48.28:184:30
58.28:194:30
68.28:204:29
78.18:214:29
88.18:224:29
98.18:234:29
108.18:244:29
118.18:254:28
128.08:264:28
138.08:274:29
148.08:284:29
158.08:284:29
168.08:294:29
178.08:304:29
188.08:314:29
198.08:314:30
208.08:324:30
218.08:324:30
228.08:334:31
238.08:334:31
248.08:344:32
258.08:344:33
268.08:344:33
278.08:354:34
288.08:354:35
298.08:354:35
308.08:354:36
318.08:354:37

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.7 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.61 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.7 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 Wadgassen?

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

0.1
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 Wadgassen.

What to pack for Wadgassen in December

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

In December, Wadgassen sees daytime highs around 5°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 15 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

UV index in Wadgassen 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 Wadgassen peaks around July 16 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 16UV 8Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep4Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Wadgassen 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 Wadgassen is worst in April — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1515 µg/m³Dec 109 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul12Good
Aug12Good
Sep12Good
Oct10Good
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Wadgassen?

Wadgassen sits at 49.3°N, 6.8°E, 230 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Schwalbach, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Wadgassen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wadgassen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 260 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 718 m.

The land around Wadgassen is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, trees (57%) within 16 km, and trees (49%), cropland (25%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
135 m
16 km
260 m
80 km
718 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Schwalbach 4.0 km · Saarlouis 6.0 km · Völklingen 6.0 km · Püttlingen 8.0 km · Dillingen 11 km · Riegelsberg 11 km · Forbach 12 km · Heusweiler 13 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 Wadgassen (49.2667°, 6.7833°, elevation 230 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).