Hoogeveen weather in December

In December, Hoogeveen sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 68 mm of precipitation across 12.9 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-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 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 42 min at the start of December to 7 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Hoogeveen's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hoogeveen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
68 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:48 AM – 4:12 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Hoogeveen is town in Hoogeveen Municipality, Netherlands.

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 Hoogeveen reaches about 6°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 -0°C and 11°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 3°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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462
562
662
762
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962
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1162
1262
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1562
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How December really feels in Hoogeveen

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.

Hoogeveen weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 66131.57.90.0
Feb / 5310.91.99.50.3
Mar / 5511.50.911.51.8
Apr14° / 4910.60.113.63.8
May17° / 6211.5015.55.3
Jun20° / 11°7111.9016.55.8
Jul22° / 13°8414.2016.16.0
Aug22° / 13°8013.9014.55.9
Sep18° / 11°6711.2012.45.5
Oct14° / 6312.3010.33.7
Nov / 5712.70.28.51.5
Dec / 6812.91.77.50.3

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 13% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52476
62476
72476
82476
92476
102476
112575
122575
132575
142674
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302476
312476

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Hoogeveen gets around 68 mm of rain and snow over 12.9 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 41% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1413
2413
3413
4413
5423
6423
7424
8424
9424
10414
11414
12414
13415
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25417
26427
27427
28427
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30426
31426

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
2100
3100
4100
5100
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8100
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22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 17 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
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
1316light breeze
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2017light breeze
2117light breeze
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2817light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of December to 7 h 24 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 8:32 AM to 8:54 AM, and sunset from 4:16 PM to 4:20 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:324:16
27.78:334:16
37.78:344:15
47.68:364:14
57.68:374:14
67.68:384:14
77.68:394:13
87.58:404:13
97.58:424:13
107.58:434:12
117.58:444:12
127.58:454:12
137.48:464:12
147.48:474:12
157.48:474:12
167.48:484:12
177.48:494:12
187.48:504:13
197.48:504:13
207.48:514:13
217.48:514:14
227.48:524:14
237.48:524:15
247.48:534:15
257.48:534:16
267.48:534:16
277.48:544:17
287.48:544:18
297.48:544:19
307.48:544:20
317.48:544:20

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.52 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.52 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.6Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Hoogeveen?

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

0.3
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 Hoogeveen.

What to pack for Hoogeveen in December

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

In December, Hoogeveen sees daytime highs around 6°C and nights near 2°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Hoogeveen 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 Hoogeveen peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Hoogeveen?

Hoogeveen sits at 52.7°N, 6.5°E, 14 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Hardenberg, 19 km away.

HardenbergMeppelStaphorstSteenwijkGiethoornDalfsenEmmenAssen

Topography around Hoogeveen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hoogeveen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m around an average of 12 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 133 m.

The land around Hoogeveen is covered by grassland (36%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (48%), cropland (24%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%), cropland (29%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
26 m
16 km
53 m
80 km
133 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Hardenberg 19 km · Meppel 19 km · Staphorst 20 km · Steenwijk 25 km · Giethoorn 27 km · Dalfsen 28 km · Emmen 30 km · Assen 31 km

The Netherlands travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 84% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$73,684
2025
Happiness
7.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 624
Religion
none 54%Roman Catholic 20%Protestant 15%other 6%

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 Hoogeveen (52.7225°, 6.4764°, elevation 14 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).