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Berchtesgaden in December

Cold and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Berchtesgaden is cold: highs near 38°F, lows near 18°F. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 29 minutes.December in Berchtesgaden is cold: highs near 3°C, lows near -8°C. Rain or snow falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 29 minutes.

High
38°F3°Caverage
Low
18°F-8°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 52% of days
Daylight
8h 29mon average

Is December a good time to visit Berchtesgaden?

December sits outside Berchtesgaden's best months, which run from July to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 38°F in December, against 36°F to 71°F through the year.Highs near 3°C in December, against 2°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

52% of days in December, against 45% to 73% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in December, against 48% to 67% through the year.

Daylight

8h 29m in December, against 8h 29m to 15h 55m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November48°9°low 28°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December38°3°low 18°low -8°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. January36°2°low 15°low -9°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Berchtesgaden sits, in December

Europe/Berlin
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:49 AMsets 4:17 PM
Above the sea
1,000 mupland
Latitude
47.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Munich120 km north-west

The land around Berchtesgaden, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Germany in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Berchtesgaden

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Berchtesgaden. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (1,255 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,000 m) against the climate model's (1,255 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.