Wiesbaden weather in December

In December, Wiesbaden sees average daytime highs of 5°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 62 mm of precipitation across 12.8 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-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 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 Wiesbaden's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Wiesbaden's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
62 mm
12.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:27 AM – 4:19 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Wiesbaden is capital of the German state of Hesse.

Air quality
Good
PM2.5 10 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
1,417/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 Wiesbaden reaches about 5°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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How December really feels in Wiesbaden

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.

Wiesbaden weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°49112.88.30.0
Feb / -0°429.22.69.70.3
Mar10° / 4911.31.311.52.1
Apr15° / 459.80.213.54.3
May19° / 6211015.25.8
Jun22° / 13°6010.6016.16.5
Jul24° / 15°6411.7015.76.6
Aug24° / 14°5810.6014.36.8
Sep20° / 11°549.3012.46.1
Oct14° / 5510.80.110.53.8
Nov / 5511.50.98.81.2
Dec / 6212.83.27.90.0

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 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31981
42080
52080
62080
72080
82179
92179
102278
112278
122278
132278
142278
152278
162179
172179
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201981
211981
222080
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282080
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302080
312080

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Wiesbaden gets around 62 mm of rain and snow over 12.8 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 44% 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 (%)
1346
2356
3356
4366
5367
6377
7377
8387
9388
10398
11408
12409
13419
144210
154210
164311
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204412
214412
224412
234412
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254412
264412
274412
284411
294311
304310
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 (%)
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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 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
811calm
911calm
1011calm
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1211calm
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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 4:22 PM to 4:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.28:124:22
28.18:134:21
38.18:144:21
48.18:164:20
58.18:174:20
68.08:184:20
78.08:194:19
88.08:204:19
98.08:214:19
107.98:224:19
117.98:234:19
127.98:244:19
137.98:254:19
147.98:264:19
157.98:264:19
167.98:274:19
177.98:284:19
187.88:294:20
197.88:294:20
207.88:304:20
217.88:304:21
227.88:314:21
237.88:314:22
247.88:324:22
257.88:324:23
267.88:324:23
277.98:334:24
287.98:334:25
297.98:334:26
307.98:334:26
317.98:334:27

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 5.55 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 Wiesbaden?

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 Wiesbaden.

What to pack for Wiesbaden in December

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

In December, Wiesbaden sees daytime highs around 5°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 Wiesbaden 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 Wiesbaden peaks around July 14 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
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Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
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Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
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Location & terrain

Where is Wiesbaden?

Wiesbaden sits at 50.1°N, 8.2°E, 147 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Dotzheim, 4.0 km away.

Topography around Wiesbaden

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Wiesbaden has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m around an average of 186 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 553 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Wiesbaden is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (34%) within 3 km, trees (52%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
204 m
16 km
553 m
80 km
850 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Dotzheim 4.0 km · Biebrich 5.0 km · Taunusstein 10 km · Gonsenheim 10 km · Hochheim am Main 11 km · Eltville 11 km · Mainz 12 km · Hofheim am Taunus 15 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 Wiesbaden (50.086°, 8.2444°, elevation 147 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).