Zerbst weather in December

In December, Zerbst sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 0°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11.9 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 6th-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 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Zerbst's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zerbst's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:22 AM – 3:54 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Zerbst is human settlement in 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 4°C through the month.

A typical December day in Zerbst 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 about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How December really feels in Zerbst

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.

Zerbst weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°4911.738.10.0
Feb / -1°359.73.49.60.1
Mar / 4611.31.911.51.6
Apr14° / 369.10.213.64.2
May19° / 5610.3015.45.9
Jun22° / 12°5410.4016.46.4
Jul24° / 14°7311.90166.6
Aug24° / 14°5910.3014.46.8
Sep19° / 11°538.9012.46.1
Oct14° / 469.30.110.43.9
Nov / 4610.50.98.61.2
Dec / 4911.93.17.60.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% 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 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
51981
61981
71981
81981
92080
102080
112080
122080
132080
142080
151981
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202179
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232278
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272278
282278
292278
302377
312476

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Zerbst gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11.9 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 38% and peaks near 41% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202531
Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1326
2336
3337
4347
5357
6367
7367
8377
9377
10387
11388
12398
13398
14409
15409
164110
174110
184111
194111
204111
214012
224012
234012
244012
254012
264012
274012
284012
294011
304011
313910

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
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3100
4100
5100
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7100
8100
9100
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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 14 km/h in December.

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
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
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1613light breeze
1714light breeze
1814light breeze
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3014light breeze
3114light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 36 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 8:05 AM to 8:27 AM, and sunset from 3:58 PM to 4:02 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:053:58
27.88:073:57
37.88:083:56
47.88:093:56
57.88:103:55
67.78:123:55
77.78:133:55
87.78:143:54
97.78:153:54
107.68:163:54
117.68:173:54
127.68:183:54
137.68:193:54
147.68:203:54
157.68:213:54
167.58:223:54
177.58:223:54
187.58:233:55
197.58:243:55
207.58:243:55
217.58:253:56
227.58:253:56
237.58:263:56
247.58:263:57
257.58:263:58
267.58:273:58
277.58:273:59
287.58:274:00
297.68:274:00
307.68:274:01
317.68:274:02

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.57 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.57 kWh/m² to a high of 5.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.57 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 Zerbst?

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 Zerbst.

What to pack for Zerbst in December

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

In December, Zerbst sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Zerbst 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 Zerbst peaks around June 22 at about 6 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Zerbst?

Zerbst sits at 52.0°N, 12.1°E, 67 m above sea level, in Germany. The nearest listed city is Dessau, 18 km away.

Topography around Zerbst

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zerbst has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 70 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 110 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 628 m.

The land around Zerbst is covered by cropland (49%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (50%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and trees (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
110 m
80 km
628 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Dessau 18 km · Schönebeck 25 km · Köthen 25 km · Bernburg 30 km · Magdeburg 36 km · Wolfen 36 km · Staßfurt 37 km · Neue Neustadt 37 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 Zerbst (51.9662°, 12.0852°, elevation 67 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).