Police weather in December

In December, Police sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 46 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. 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 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Police's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Police's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
46 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:21 AM – 3:35 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Police is city of Poland.

Density
932/km²
people per km²
Founded
1260

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 3°C by the end.

A typical December day in Police 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 -2°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Police

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.

Police weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°4510.93.57.80.0
Feb / -1°3693.49.40.0
Mar / 4410.62.211.51.1
Apr13° / 389.30.313.73.7
May18° / 5511.3015.65.6
Jun21° / 12°6110.8016.76.2
Jul23° / 14°7511.3016.36.6
Aug23° / 14°6811.7014.66.6
Sep18° / 10°549.7012.55.8
Oct13° / 48100.110.33.5
Nov / 4010.218.30.9
Dec / -0°46113.77.30.0

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Police gets around 46 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 36% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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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Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
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516light breeze
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 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 8:04 AM to 8:26 AM, and sunset from 3:39 PM to 3:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.68:043:39
27.68:053:39
37.58:063:38
47.58:083:38
57.58:093:37
67.48:103:37
77.48:123:36
87.48:133:36
97.48:143:36
107.38:153:35
117.38:163:35
127.38:173:35
137.38:183:35
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167.28:213:35
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217.28:243:36
227.28:243:37
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257.28:263:39
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277.28:263:40
287.28:263:41
297.38:263:42
307.38:263:42
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.48 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.48 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.48 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Police?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Police.

What to pack for Police in December

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

In December, Police sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Police in December

The nearest coast averages about 4°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 38 km away) is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 2°C.

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

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan2Bracing
Feb2Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr7Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun16Cool
Jul19Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov8Bracing
Dec4Bracing

UV index in Police 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 Police peaks around June 16 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 16UV 6Dec 21UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Police?

Police sits at 53.6°N, 14.6°E, 7 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Drzetowo-Grabowo, 11 km away.

NowogardStargardŚwinoujście

Topography around Police

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Police has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 14 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m.

The land around Police is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (48%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (35%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
106 m
16 km
167 m
80 km
199 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Drzetowo-Grabowo 11 km · Szczecin 14 km · Świerczewo 14 km · Goleniów 17 km · Gryfino 34 km · Nowogard 38 km · Stargard 40 km · Świnoujście 45 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,420
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 600
Religion
Roman Catholic 71%refused to answer 21%no religion 7%

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 Police (53.5521°, 14.5718°, elevation 7 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).