Raalte weather in December

In December, Raalte sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 69 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 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 Raalte's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Raalte's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
69 mm
12.9 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:47 AM – 4:15 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Raalte is village in the 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 Raalte 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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How December really feels in Raalte

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.

Raalte 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 / 6612.91.680.1
Feb / 5410.91.89.50.4
Mar10° / 5711.60.911.51.9
Apr14° / 5110.80.113.63.9
May18° / 6511.6015.45.4
Jun20° / 11°7112.1016.55.8
Jul22° / 13°8714.4016.16.0
Aug22° / 13°8213.7014.56.0
Sep19° / 11°6611.4012.45.6
Oct14° / 6311.8010.33.8
Nov / 5812.50.38.51.6
Dec / 6912.927.50.3

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 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
52476
62476
72476
82476
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102476
112476
122575
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312377

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Raalte gets around 69 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 43% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1403
2414
3414
4414
5414
6414
7414
8414
9414
10404
11404
12405
13405
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15405
16416
17416
18417
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20417
21428
22428
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25428
26438
27438
28438
29438
30437
31437

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
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25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 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
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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2116light breeze
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3017light breeze
3117light 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 8:31 AM to 8:53 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.88:314:19
27.88:324:18
37.78:334:18
47.78:354:17
57.78:364:17
67.78:374:16
77.68:384:16
87.68:394:15
97.68:414:15
107.68:424:15
117.58:434:15
127.58:444:15
137.58:454:15
147.58:454:15
157.58:464:15
167.58:474:15
177.58:484:15
187.48:494:15
197.48:494:16
207.48:504:16
217.48:504:16
227.48:514:17
237.48:514:17
247.48:524:18
257.48:524:19
267.48:524:19
277.58:534:20
287.58:534:21
297.58:534:21
307.58:534:22
317.58:534:23

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 5.18 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 Raalte?

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

0.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Raalte.

What to pack for Raalte in December

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

In December, Raalte 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 Raalte 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 Raalte 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 Raalte?

Raalte sits at 52.4°N, 6.3°E, 9 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Nijverdal, 13 km away.

ZwolleRijssenEpeWierdenAlmelo

Topography around Raalte

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Raalte has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 6 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m.

The land around Raalte is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, grassland (53%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%), cropland (26%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
87 m
80 km
184 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Nijverdal 13 km · Dalfsen 14 km · Deventer 16 km · Zwolle 19 km · Rijssen 19 km · Epe 20 km · Wierden 22 km · Almelo 27 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 Raalte (52.3858°, 6.275°, elevation 9 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).