Kampen weather in December

In December, Kampen sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 70 mm of precipitation across 13 wet days and about 7.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 12% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kampen's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kampen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
70 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
8:50 AM – 4:16 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Kampen is city in Overijssel, the Netherlands.

Density
303/km²
people per km²

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 Kampen 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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How December really feels in Kampen

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.

Kampen weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6612.91.480.1
Feb / 5310.71.89.50.4
Mar / 5611.60.911.51.9
Apr14° / 5010.50.113.63.8
May17° / 6411.7015.55.3
Jun20° / 12°6912016.55.8
Jul22° / 14°8514.5016.16.0
Aug22° / 14°8113.9014.55.9
Sep18° / 11°6611.6012.45.5
Oct14° / 6412010.33.7
Nov / 5912.70.38.51.6
Dec / 70131.67.50.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32575
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kampen gets around 70 mm of rain and snow over 13 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 42% and peaks near 43% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1413
2413
3413
4413
5413
6413
7423
8423
9423
10423
11413
12414
13414
14414
15414
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26426
27426
28436
29436
30436
31435

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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3100
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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 18 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
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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3018light breeze
3118light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 48 min at the start of December to 7 h 30 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 8:33 AM to 8:55 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:334:19
27.78:344:19
37.78:364:18
47.78:374:18
57.68:384:17
67.68:394:17
77.68:414:16
87.68:424:16
97.58:434:16
107.58:444:16
117.58:454:15
127.58:464:15
137.58:474:15
147.58:484:15
157.48:494:15
167.48:504:16
177.48:504:16
187.48:514:16
197.48:524:16
207.48:524:17
217.48:534:17
227.48:534:17
237.48:544:18
247.48:544:18
257.48:544:19
267.48:554:20
277.48:554:20
287.48:554:21
297.48:554:22
307.58:554:23
317.58:554:24

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.54 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.22 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.54 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 Kampen?

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

0.4
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 Kampen.

What to pack for Kampen in December

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

In December, Kampen 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 Kampen 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 Kampen peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 21 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 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kampen?

Kampen sits at 52.6°N, 5.9°E, 2 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Elburg, 13 km away.

EmmeloordNunspeetStaphorstGiethoornEpe

Topography around Kampen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kampen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 22 m around an average of 1 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m.

The land around Kampen is covered by grassland (49%) and artificial surfaces (27%) within 3 km, grassland (42%) and cropland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
22 m
16 km
67 m
80 km
135 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Elburg 13 km · Zwolle 13 km · Dronten 13 km · Emmeloord 21 km · Nunspeet 21 km · Staphorst 23 km · Giethoorn 23 km · Epe 24 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 Kampen (52.555°, 5.9111°, elevation 2 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).