Winterswijk weather in December

In December, Winterswijk sees average daytime highs of 6°C and overnight lows near 2°C, with 76 mm of precipitation across 13.2 wet days and about 7.6 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 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 Winterswijk's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Winterswijk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
76 mm
13.2 wet days
Daylight
7 h 30 min
8:43 AM – 4:16 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.3
out of 10

Winterswijk is village in Winterswijk, 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 Winterswijk 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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272
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462
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662
762
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How December really feels in Winterswijk

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.

Winterswijk 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 / 7013.21.88.10.1
Feb / 5811.22.29.60.4
Mar10° / 5911.80.911.52.1
Apr14° / 5010.50.113.64.1
May18° / 6011.8015.45.5
Jun21° / 12°6712.5016.45.9
Jul23° / 14°7913.40166.2
Aug23° / 14°8012.7014.46.2
Sep19° / 11°6510.9012.45.7
Oct14° / 6511.9010.43.9
Nov / 6412.40.58.61.6
Dec / 7613.22.27.60.3

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 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32377
42377
52377
62377
72377
82476
92476
102476
112476
122476
132476
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212278
222179
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302179
312179

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Winterswijk gets around 76 mm of rain and snow over 13.2 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 45% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1394
2394
3404
4405
5405
6405
7415
8415
9415
10415
11415
12416
13416
14416
15416
16416
17427
18427
19427
20437
21438
22438
23448
24448
25448
26458
27458
28458
29458
30457
31457

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
6100
7100
8100
9100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
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2015light breeze
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3016light breeze
3116light breeze

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 8:27 AM to 8:49 AM, and sunset from 4:19 PM to 4:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.98:274:19
27.88:284:18
37.88:294:18
47.88:314:17
57.78:324:17
67.78:334:17
77.78:344:16
87.78:354:16
97.78:374:16
107.68:384:15
117.68:394:15
127.68:404:15
137.68:414:15
147.68:414:15
157.68:424:15
167.58:434:16
177.58:444:16
187.58:444:16
197.58:454:16
207.58:464:17
217.58:464:17
227.58:474:17
237.58:474:18
247.58:484:18
257.58:484:19
267.58:484:20
277.58:484:20
287.58:494:21
297.68:494:22
307.68:494:23
317.68:494:24

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.56 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.56 kWh/m² to a high of 5.19 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.56 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.7Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Winterswijk?

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 Winterswijk.

What to pack for Winterswijk in December

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

In December, Winterswijk 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 Winterswijk 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 Winterswijk peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Winterswijk?

Winterswijk sits at 52.0°N, 6.7°E, 38 m above sea level, in The Netherlands. The nearest listed city is Vreden, 10 km away.

Topography around Winterswijk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Winterswijk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 36 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 69 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m.

The land around Winterswijk is covered by trees (38%) and grassland (36%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), cropland (31%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), cropland (31%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
69 m
80 km
330 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Vreden 10 km · Lichtenvoorde 11 km · Aalten 11 km · Stadtlohn 14 km · Eibergen 15 km · Rhede 15 km · Bocholt 16 km · Borken 17 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 Winterswijk (51.9725°, 6.7194°, elevation 38 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).