Sneek weather in December

In December, Sneek sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 3°C, with 75 mm of precipitation across 14.1 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-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 13% 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 Sneek's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sneek's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
75 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
7 h 18 min
8:53 AM – 4:14 PM
Cloud cover
76%
11th clearest
Wind
22 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.4
out of 10

Sneek is town in Súdwest-Fryslân, Netherlands.

Density
964/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 Sneek reaches about 6°C in the afternoon and slips back to 3°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 1°C and 10°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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How December really feels in Sneek

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.

Sneek weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / 6813.11.27.90.1
Feb / 5310.81.79.50.2
Mar / 5211.60.811.51.4
Apr12° / 459.7013.63.2
May16° / 6311.2015.54.7
Jun18° / 12°7212.1016.65.5
Jul20° / 14°8813.6016.25.9
Aug20° / 15°9214.3014.55.7
Sep18° / 12°7812.5012.45.2
Oct13° / 7914.1010.33.4
Nov / 6814.10.18.41.6
Dec / 7514.11.47.40.4

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 (%)
12476
22575
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Sneek 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 45% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1442
2452
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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 (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 22 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 23 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
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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 8:36 AM to 8:59 AM, and sunset from 4:18 PM to 4:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.78:364:18
27.78:384:17
37.68:394:17
47.68:414:16
57.68:424:16
67.58:434:15
77.58:444:15
87.58:454:14
97.58:474:14
107.48:484:14
117.48:494:14
127.48:504:14
137.48:514:14
147.48:524:14
157.48:524:14
167.38:534:14
177.38:544:14
187.38:554:14
197.38:554:14
207.38:564:15
217.38:574:15
227.38:574:16
237.38:574:16
247.38:584:17
257.38:584:17
267.38:584:18
277.38:594:19
287.38:594:19
297.48:594:20
307.48:594:21
317.48:594:22

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.53 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.53 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.53 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 Sneek?

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 Sneek.

What to pack for Sneek in December

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

In December, Sneek sees daytime highs around 6°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 Sneek 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 at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) 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
Jun15Cool
Jul18Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep17Cool
Oct14Bracing
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Sneek 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 Sneek peaks around June 23 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 6Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Sneek?

Sneek sits at 53.0°N, 5.7°E, 6 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Heerenveen, 19 km away.

HeerenveenLeeuwardenHarlingenDrachtenEmmeloordSteenwijkUrkGiethoorn

Topography around Sneek

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sneek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 11 m around an average of 0 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m.

The land around Sneek is covered by grassland (55%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, grassland (77%) within 16 km, and water (45%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
11 m
16 km
28 m
80 km
87 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Heerenveen 19 km · Leeuwarden 21 km · Harlingen 22 km · Drachten 31 km · Emmeloord 36 km · Steenwijk 41 km · Urk 41 km · Giethoorn 43 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 Sneek (53.033°, 5.6589°, elevation 6 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).