Catanzaro weather in December

In December, Catanzaro sees average daytime highs of 11°C and overnight lows near 5°C, with 103 mm of precipitation across 12.5 wet days and about 9.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Catanzaro's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Catanzaro's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 11°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 5°; 3rd coldest
Precipitation: 103 mm; 12.5 wet days
Daylight: 9 h 18 min; 7:11 AM – 4:28 PM
Cloud cover: 57%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 1.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Air quality: Good; PM2.5 9.6 µg/m³ · 2019

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 12°C in the first days to 10°C by the end.

A typical December day in Catanzaro reaches about 11°C in the afternoon and slips back to 5°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 8°C and 14°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Avg low (°C)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	6
2	13	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	10	4
31	10	4

Catanzaro weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	10° / 4°	100	12.8	2.5	9.6	2.2
Feb	10° / 4°	99	12.7	3.4	10.5	2.2
Mar	13° / 5°	101	13.4	2.2	11.7	3.3
Apr	15° / 8°	91	13.3	0.4	13	4.4
May	19° / 12°	80	11.5	0	14.1	6.2
Jun	24° / 16°	54	8.6	0	14.7	7.5
Jul	26° / 18°	53	8.1	0	14.4	7.7
Aug	26° / 18°	52	8.8	0	13.5	7.5
Sep	23° / 15°	90	11.4	0	12.3	6.9
Oct	19° / 12°	95	11.1	0	11	6.2
Nov	15° / 8°	108	12.5	0.3	9.9	4.3
Dec	11° / 5°	103	12.5	1.7	9.3	2.7

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 49%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	51	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	50	51	51	50	50	49	49	50	50	49	51	51	52	52	53
Cloudier (%)	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	50	49	49	50	50	51	51	50	50	51	49	49	48	48	47

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Catanzaro gets around 103 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 41% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	43	42	42	42	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	2
2	42	2
3	42	2
4	42	2
5	41	2
6	41	2
7	41	3
8	41	3
9	41	4
10	41	4
11	41	4
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	5
15	41	5
16	41	5
17	40	5
18	40	6
19	40	6
20	40	6
21	40	6
22	40	7
23	40	7
24	40	7
25	40	7
26	40	7
27	40	8
28	39	8
29	39	8
30	39	8
31	39	8

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

Wind in December

Winds average 9 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	9	calm
9	9	calm
10	9	calm
11	9	calm
12	9	calm
13	9	calm
14	9	calm
15	9	calm
16	9	calm
17	9	calm
18	9	calm
19	9	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 9 h 30 min at the start of December to 9 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 7:17 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 4:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	9.5	9.5	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3	9.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	7:00	7:01	7:02	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:06	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:11	7:12	7:12	7:13	7:13	7:14	7:14	7:15	7:15	7:16	7:16	7:16	7:17	7:17	7:17	7:17
Sunset (PM)	4:28	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:27	4:28	4:28	4:28	4:28	4:29	4:29	4:29	4:30	4:30	4:31	4:31	4:32	4:32	4:33	4:33	4:34	4:35	4:35	4:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	9.5	6:59	4:28
2	9.5	7:00	4:27
3	9.4	7:01	4:27
4	9.4	7:02	4:27
5	9.4	7:03	4:27
6	9.4	7:04	4:27
7	9.4	7:04	4:27
8	9.4	7:05	4:27
9	9.4	7:06	4:27
10	9.3	7:07	4:27
11	9.3	7:08	4:27
12	9.3	7:08	4:27
13	9.3	7:09	4:28
14	9.3	7:10	4:28
15	9.3	7:10	4:28
16	9.3	7:11	4:28
17	9.3	7:12	4:29
18	9.3	7:12	4:29
19	9.3	7:13	4:29
20	9.3	7:13	4:30
21	9.3	7:14	4:30
22	9.3	7:14	4:31
23	9.3	7:15	4:31
24	9.3	7:15	4:32
25	9.3	7:16	4:32
26	9.3	7:16	4:33
27	9.3	7:16	4:33
28	9.3	7:17	4:34
29	9.3	7:17	4:35
30	9.3	7:17	4:35
31	9.3	7:17	4:36

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.9 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.9 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.0	2.0
Level	Moderate	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim	Dim

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	2.0	Moderate
2	2.0	Dim
3	2.0	Dim
4	2.0	Dim
5	2.0	Dim
6	1.9	Dim
7	1.9	Dim
8	1.9	Dim
9	1.9	Dim
10	1.9	Dim
11	1.9	Dim
12	1.9	Dim
13	1.9	Dim
14	1.9	Dim
15	1.9	Dim
16	1.9	Dim
17	1.9	Dim
18	1.9	Dim
19	1.9	Dim
20	1.9	Dim
21	1.9	Dim
22	1.9	Dim
23	1.9	Dim
24	1.9	Dim
25	1.9	Dim
26	1.9	Dim
27	1.9	Dim
28	1.9	Dim
29	1.9	Dim
30	2.0	Dim
31	2.0	Dim

Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Catanzaro?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

0.0

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Catanzaro.

What to pack for Catanzaro in December

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

In December, Catanzaro sees daytime highs around 11°C and nights near 5°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layerrain gear

Sea temperature near Catanzaro in December

The nearest coast averages about 16°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 26°C and coldest in February near 14°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 3 to Nov 9 — about 5.3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	15	14	14	15	18	22	25	26	25	23	19	16
Comfort	Bracing	Bracing	Bracing	Cool	Cool	Refreshing	Warm	Warm	Warm	Refreshing	Cool	Cool

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	15	Bracing
Feb	14	Bracing
Mar	14	Bracing
Apr	15	Cool
May	18	Cool
Jun	22	Refreshing
Jul	25	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	25	Warm
Oct	23	Refreshing
Nov	19	Cool
Dec	16	Cool

UV index in Catanzaro in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 2. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Catanzaro peaks around July 17 at about 10 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 9 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	2	3	5	5	7	9	10	9	6	5	3	2
Level	Low	Moderate	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate	Low

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	2	Low
Feb	3	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	5	High
May	7	High
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	6	High
Oct	5	Moderate
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	2	Low

Location & terrain

Where is Catanzaro?

Catanzaro sits at 38.9°N, 16.6°E, 320 m above sea level, in Italy. The nearest listed city is Lamezia Terme, 27 km away.

Topography around Catanzaro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catanzaro has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m around an average of 140 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 979 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,924 m.

The land around Catanzaro is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and water (45%) and trees (41%) within 80 km.

3 km

313 m

grassland 41%

16 km

979 m

trees 49%

80 km

1,924 m

water 45%

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← November Catanzaro year-round climate January →Best places to visit in December

December weather nearby: Lamezia Terme 27 km · Nicastro 27 km · Sambiase 29 km · San Giovanni in Fiore 42 km · Vibo Valentia 49 km · Crotone 51 km · Cosenza 55 km · Quattromiglia 60 km

Italy travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / F / L; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 69% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $43,309; 2025
Happiness: 6.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 97%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 0.6; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 5.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 513
Religion

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 Catanzaro (38.8825°, 16.6009°, elevation 320 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	6
2	13	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	10	4
31	10	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	2
2	42	2
3	42	2
4	42	2
5	41	2
6	41	2
7	41	3
8	41	3
9	41	4
10	41	4
11	41	4
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	5
15	41	5
16	41	5
17	40	5
18	40	6
19	40	6
20	40	6
21	40	6
22	40	7
23	40	7
24	40	7
25	40	7
26	40	7
27	40	8
28	39	8
29	39	8
30	39	8
31	39	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	6
2	13	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	10	4
31	10	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	2
2	42	2
3	42	2
4	42	2
5	41	2
6	41	2
7	41	3
8	41	3
9	41	4
10	41	4
11	41	4
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	5
15	41	5
16	41	5
17	40	5
18	40	6
19	40	6
20	40	6
21	40	6
22	40	7
23	40	7
24	40	7
25	40	7
26	40	7
27	40	8
28	39	8
29	39	8
30	39	8
31	39	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	13	6
2	13	6
3	12	6
4	12	6
5	12	6
6	12	6
7	12	6
8	12	6
9	12	6
10	12	5
11	11	5
12	11	5
13	11	5
14	11	5
15	11	5
16	11	5
17	11	5
18	11	5
19	11	5
20	11	5
21	11	5
22	11	5
23	11	4
24	11	4
25	10	4
26	10	4
27	10	4
28	10	4
29	10	4
30	10	4
31	10	4

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	51	49
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	52	48
8	52	48
9	52	48
10	52	48
11	52	48
12	52	48
13	52	48
14	51	49
15	51	49
16	51	49
17	50	50
18	51	49
19	51	49
20	50	50
21	50	50
22	49	51
23	49	51
24	50	50
25	50	50
26	49	51
27	51	49
28	51	49
29	52	48
30	52	48
31	53	47

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	43	2
2	42	2
3	42	2
4	42	2
5	41	2
6	41	2
7	41	3
8	41	3
9	41	4
10	41	4
11	41	4
12	41	5
13	41	5
14	41	5
15	41	5
16	41	5
17	40	5
18	40	6
19	40	6
20	40	6
21	40	6
22	40	7
23	40	7
24	40	7
25	40	7
26	40	7
27	40	8
28	39	8
29	39	8
30	39	8
31	39	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0
31	100	0