Haugesund weather in December

In December, Haugesund sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 195 mm of precipitation across 19.6 wet days and about 5.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 6°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 18 min at the start of December to 5 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Haugesund's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Haugesund's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
4th coldest
Precipitation
195 mm
19.6 wet days
Daylight
5 h 48 min
9:42 AM – 3:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
19 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Haugesund is settlement in Haugesund Municipality, Norway.

Density
7,523/km²
people per km²
Founded
1854

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 6°C through the month.

A typical December day in Haugesund reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 2°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 Haugesund

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.

Haugesund weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 18319.45.86.60.0
Feb / 14616.26.28.70.0
Mar / 13417.44.411.30.4
Apr / 9814.40.914.11.6
May12° / 9112.8016.63.0
Jun15° / 10°9813.4018.14.0
Jul17° / 13°12015017.54.8
Aug17° / 13°16916.8015.34.7
Sep15° / 11°19417.3012.63.6
Oct11° / 22018.60.29.82.2
Nov / 20519.11.47.31.0
Dec / 19519.64.15.90.2

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
32377
42575
52575
62575
72575
82575
92575
102575
112674
122674
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302278
312278

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Haugesund gets around 195 mm of rain and snow over 19.6 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 63% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1659
2659
3649
46410
56410
66310
76311
86311
96312
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116312
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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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24100
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26100
27100
28100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 19 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
119light breeze
220light breeze
320light breeze
420light breeze
520light breeze
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920light breeze
1020light breeze
1120light breeze
1220light breeze
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3120breezy

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 18 min at the start of December to 5 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 9:20 AM to 9:48 AM, and sunset from 3:37 PM to 3:37 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.39:203:37
26.29:223:36
36.29:243:35
46.19:263:34
56.19:283:33
66.09:293:32
76.09:313:31
86.09:323:31
95.99:343:30
105.99:353:29
115.99:373:29
125.89:383:29
135.89:393:28
145.89:403:28
155.89:413:28
165.89:423:28
175.79:433:28
185.79:443:28
195.79:453:28
205.79:463:28
215.79:463:29
225.79:473:29
235.79:473:30
245.79:473:30
255.79:483:31
265.79:483:32
275.79:483:33
285.89:483:33
295.89:483:34
305.89:483:36
315.89:483:37

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.19 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.19 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 Haugesund?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Haugesund.

What to pack for Haugesund in December

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

In December, Haugesund sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat. About 20 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coat

Sea temperature near Haugesund in December

The nearest coast averages about 8°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 16°C and coldest in March near 5°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May9Bracing
Jun12Bracing
Jul15Bracing
Aug16Cool
Sep15Bracing
Oct12Bracing
Nov10Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Haugesund in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Haugesund peaks around June 20 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 20UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar1Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Haugesund?

Haugesund sits at 59.4°N, 5.3°E, 17 m above sea level, in Norway. The nearest listed city is Stavanger, 56 km away.

Flam

Topography around Haugesund

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Haugesund has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m around an average of 27 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 322 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,553 m.

The land around Haugesund is covered by trees (30%), water (30%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 3 km, water (51%), grassland (24%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and water (53%) and trees (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
175 m
16 km
322 m
80 km
1,553 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswatermoss and lichen
December weather nearby: Stavanger 56 km · Sola 62 km · Sandnes 68 km · Time 80 km · Ytrebygda 99 km · Nesttun 101 km · Bergen 109 km · Flam 191 km

Norway travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 91% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$94,594
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
99%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
2.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 613
Religion
Church of Norway 68%other Christian 4%Muslim 3%Roman Catholic 3%

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 Haugesund (59.4138°, 5.268°, elevation 17 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).