Gothenburg climate

Gothenburg Weather in December

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

Average highs run from 5°C on December 1 to 2°C on December 31, and lows from 2°C to -1°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 102 mm over about 16 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Gothenburg, in °C, with the record for each date.-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
3°C
Average low
1°C
Precipitation
102 mm
Record high
11°CDec 5, 2006
Record low
-22°CDec 17, 1981
Daylight
7 h 02 min to 6 h 39 min
Cloud cover
75%
Humidity
93%
Dew point
1°C
Wind
18.4 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 15°C2°C11°C 2006-14°C 198856%
Dec 24°C2°C10°C 2000-14°C 197355%
Dec 34°C2°C10°C 1953-10°C 198855%
Dec 44°C2°C11°C 1953-13°C 199754%
Dec 54°C2°C11°C 2006-13°C 198053%
Dec 64°C2°C11°C 2006-12°C 198052%
Dec 74°C2°C9°C 1999-15°C 198153%
Dec 84°C1°C10°C 2006-18°C 198153%
Dec 94°C1°C10°C 2000-18°C 198154%
Dec 104°C1°C9°C 1964-13°C 198154%
Dec 114°C1°C10°C 1994-12°C 198153%
Dec 124°C1°C10°C 2000-11°C 197951%
Dec 134°C1°C11°C 2000-14°C 197950%
Dec 144°C1°C11°C 2006-15°C 198149%
Dec 153°C1°C10°C 2006-21°C 198148%
Dec 163°C1°C9°C 1971-21°C 199648%
Dec 173°C1°C8°C 2003-22°C 198148%
Dec 183°C0°C8°C 2003-17°C 197848%
Dec 193°C0°C8°C 1993-16°C 195549%
Dec 203°C0°C8°C 2006-21°C 199650%
Dec 213°C0°C10°C 1971-21°C 199651%
Dec 223°C0°C9°C 2006-17°C 199651%
Dec 233°C0°C9°C 2006-16°C 200150%
Dec 243°C0°C10°C 2006-12°C 199650%
Dec 253°C0°C8°C 1971-17°C 199650%
Dec 263°C0°C8°C 2003-20°C 199649%
Dec 272°C0°C8°C 1975-18°C 199550%
Dec 282°C-1°C8°C 1983-14°C 197849%
Dec 292°C-1°C9°C 1994-15°C 197649%
Dec 302°C-1°C9°C 2006-17°C 197851%
Dec 312°C-1°C8°C 2006-22°C 200151%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Gothenburg, in percent.02040601102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

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

December 1
sunrise 8:30 AM, sunset 3:32 PM
December 31
sunrise 8:56 AM, sunset 3:35 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station SW000002512, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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.