Vänersborg weather in December

In December, Vänersborg sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 63 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 6.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 3°C in the first days to 1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 36 min at the start of December to 6 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Vänersborg's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vänersborg's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
63 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
6 h 06 min
9:05 AM – 3:09 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vänersborg is urban area in Vänersborg Municipality, Sweden.

Founded
1641

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 3°C in the first days to 1°C by the end.

A typical December day in Vänersborg reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°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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43-1
53-1
63-1
73-1
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93-1
103-1
113-1
123-1
133-1
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How December really feels in Vänersborg

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.

Vänersborg weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°5911.36.76.80.0
Feb / -3°468.868.90.0
Mar / -1°438.84.611.40.3
Apr10° / 499.11.4142.4
May15° / 6011.20.116.44.6
Jun19° / 10°8713.1017.85.5
Jul21° / 13°8512.2017.36.1
Aug20° / 12°8813.5015.15.8
Sep16° / 7311.2012.54.6
Oct10° / 7412.30.59.92.2
Nov / 6111.937.50.3
Dec / -2°6311.75.36.20.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32278
42278
52278
62278
72278
82278
92377
102377
112575
122575
132575
142575
152773
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312674

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Vänersborg gets around 63 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 42% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
14216
24116
34115
44015
54015
63915
73914
83914
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113813
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303923
314023

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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28100
29100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
1314light breeze
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1814light breeze
1914light breeze
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2114light breeze
2214light breeze
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2514light breeze
2615light breeze
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2815light breeze
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3115light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 36 min at the start of December to 6 h 06 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 8:44 AM to 9:10 AM, and sunset from 3:17 PM to 3:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.68:443:17
26.58:463:16
36.58:473:15
46.48:493:14
56.48:513:13
66.38:523:13
76.38:543:12
86.38:553:11
96.28:573:11
106.28:583:10
116.28:593:10
126.29:003:10
136.19:023:09
146.19:033:09
156.19:043:09
166.19:053:09
176.19:053:09
186.19:063:09
196.09:073:10
206.09:083:10
216.09:083:10
226.09:093:11
236.09:093:11
246.09:103:12
256.09:103:12
266.19:103:13
276.19:103:14
286.19:103:15
296.19:103:16
306.19:103:17
316.19:103:18

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.24 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.8 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.24 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.3Dim
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40.3Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Vänersborg?

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
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vänersborg.

What to pack for Vänersborg in December

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

In December, Vänersborg sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Vänersborg in December

The nearest coast averages about 6°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 62 km away) is warmest in August at about 18°C and coldest in February near 3°C.

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

0°5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb3Bracing
Mar3Bracing
Apr6Bracing
May11Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul17Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep15Cool
Oct12Bracing
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Vänersborg 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 Vänersborg peaks around June 17 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 17UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul5Moderate
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vänersborg?

Vänersborg sits at 58.4°N, 12.3°E, 54 m above sea level, in Sweden. The nearest listed city is Trollhättan, 11 km away.

Topography around Vänersborg

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vänersborg has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 56 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 156 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m.

The land around Vänersborg is covered by trees (42%) and water (35%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and water (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
156 m
80 km
343 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Trollhättan 11 km · Uddevalla 23 km · Lidköping 50 km · Alingsås 52 km · Kungälv 60 km · Lerum 68 km · Partille 72 km · Björlanda 74 km

Sweden travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 87% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$63,133
2025
Happiness
7.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
3.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 609
Religion
Church of Sweden 54%none or unspecified 37%other 9%

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 Vänersborg (58.3807°, 12.3234°, elevation 54 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).