Tromsø climate

Tromsø Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Tromsø, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -3°C on December 1 to -5°C on December 31, and lows from -7°C to -10°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 130 mm over about 19 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Tromsø, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-10010151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-3°C
Average low
-8°C
Precipitation
130 mm
Reanalysis high
6°CDec 1, 1998
Reanalysis low
-23°CDec 23, 2009
Daylight
0 h 00 min to 0 h 00 min
Cloud cover
85%
Humidity
96%
Dew point
-7°C
Wind
14.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 1-3°C-7°C6°C 1998-18°C 201262%
Dec 2-3°C-7°C3°C 2003-18°C 201262%
Dec 3-3°C-7°C3°C 2003-16°C 200462%
Dec 4-3°C-7°C3°C 2003-14°C 200263%
Dec 5-3°C-7°C3°C 2014-17°C 200564%
Dec 6-3°C-7°C2°C 2000-18°C 201364%
Dec 7-3°C-7°C2°C 1991-19°C 199964%
Dec 8-3°C-7°C2°C 1991-18°C 199963%
Dec 9-3°C-7°C2°C 1998-20°C 201364%
Dec 10-3°C-8°C4°C 1998-18°C 199963%
Dec 11-3°C-8°C4°C 1998-16°C 199665%
Dec 12-3°C-8°C4°C 2001-18°C 199665%
Dec 13-3°C-8°C2°C 2006-17°C 199665%
Dec 14-3°C-8°C3°C 2001-17°C 200966%
Dec 15-3°C-8°C5°C 2001-19°C 200966%
Dec 16-3°C-8°C5°C 1997-17°C 199366%
Dec 17-3°C-8°C5°C 2007-21°C 199966%
Dec 18-3°C-8°C4°C 2007-21°C 201067%
Dec 19-4°C-8°C4°C 2007-21°C 201066%
Dec 20-4°C-9°C2°C 2016-21°C 201066%
Dec 21-4°C-9°C4°C 2006-18°C 201065%
Dec 22-4°C-9°C4°C 2006-22°C 199565%
Dec 23-4°C-9°C1°C 2007-23°C 200965%
Dec 24-4°C-9°C3°C 2007-21°C 200964%
Dec 25-4°C-10°C2°C 2006-21°C 200964%
Dec 26-4°C-10°C2°C 2006-20°C 200962%
Dec 27-4°C-10°C2°C 2007-22°C 200062%
Dec 28-4°C-10°C2°C 2007-21°C 200061%
Dec 29-5°C-10°C2°C 2008-22°C 200959%
Dec 30-5°C-10°C2°C 2008-22°C 199559%
Dec 31-5°C-10°C1°C 1992-20°C 200259%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Tromsø, in percent.0204060801102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+1).

December 1
sunrise , sunset
December 31
sunrise , sunset

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.