Rijswijk weather in December

In December, Rijswijk sees average daytime highs of 7°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 14.1 wet days and about 7.6 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 7°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 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Rijswijk's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rijswijk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:53 AM – 4:25 PM
Cloud cover
75%
11th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.6 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.8
out of 10

Rijswijk is city and municipality in South Holland, Netherlands.

Density
3,267/km²
people per km²
Founded
1812

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 7°C through the month.

A typical December day in Rijswijk reaches about 7°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°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 11°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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674
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How December really feels in Rijswijk

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 30 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
30
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Rijswijk weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6412.40.88.10.5
Feb / 5111.31.49.60.6
Mar / 5111.30.611.51.8
Apr13° / 4410.2013.63.4
May16° / 10°5711.2015.44.9
Jun19° / 12°5911.1016.45.7
Jul21° / 15°7412.80166.1
Aug21° / 15°7913.1014.46.0
Sep18° / 12°7412.2012.45.4
Oct14° / 7713.4010.43.8
Nov10° / 7314.10.38.51.9
Dec / 7514.10.87.60.8

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 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32872
42971
52971
62971
72971
82971
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113070
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312773

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Rijswijk gets around 75 mm of rain and snow over 14.1 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 45% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1442
2442
3452
4452
5452
6452
7452
8452
9452
10452
11452
12452
13452
14452
15452
16453
17453
18453
19453
20453
21453
22453
23453
24463
25463
26463
27463
28463
29463
30463
31453

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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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 21 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 22 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
120light breeze
220light breeze
320light breeze
420breezy
520breezy
620breezy
720breezy
820breezy
920breezy
1021breezy
1121breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 36 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 8:37 AM to 8:59 AM, and sunset from 4:28 PM to 4:33 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:374:28
27.88:384:28
37.88:394:27
47.88:414:27
57.78:424:26
67.78:434:26
77.78:444:25
87.78:454:25
97.68:474:25
107.68:484:25
117.68:494:25
127.68:504:25
137.68:504:25
147.68:514:25
157.58:524:25
167.58:534:25
177.58:544:25
187.58:544:25
197.58:554:25
207.58:564:26
217.58:564:26
227.58:574:27
237.58:574:27
247.58:584:28
257.58:584:28
267.58:584:29
277.58:584:30
287.58:594:30
297.58:594:31
307.68:594:32
317.68:594:33

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.6 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.6 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Rijswijk?

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

0.8
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 Rijswijk.

What to pack for Rijswijk in December

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

In December, Rijswijk sees daytime highs around 7°C and nights near 3°C. Pack a warm layer and rain gear. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 14 days see rain.

a warm layerrain geara heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Rijswijk in December

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 19°C and coldest in February near 5°C.

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

5°10°15°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshing
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan6Bracing
Feb5Bracing
Mar6Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May12Bracing
Jun15Bracing
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep18Cool
Oct15Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Rijswijk 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 Rijswijk peaks around June 22 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 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 6Dec 21UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Rijswijk?

Rijswijk sits at 52.0°N, 4.3°E, 1 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Ypenburg, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Rijswijk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rijswijk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 2 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m.

The land around Rijswijk is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (30%), grassland (25%) and water (24%) within 16 km, and water (35%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
47 m
80 km
99 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Ypenburg 3.0 km · Delft 4.0 km · Voorburg 5.0 km · The Hague 5.0 km · Nootdorp 5.0 km · Pijnacker 7.0 km · Scheveningen 8.0 km · Naaldwijk 9.0 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 Rijswijk (52.0363°, 4.325°, elevation 1 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).