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Cortina d'Ampezzo in December

Cold and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Cortina d'Ampezzo is cold: highs near 38°F, lows near 18°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 38 minutes.December in Cortina d'Ampezzo is cold: highs near 3°C, lows near -8°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 38 minutes.

High
38°F3°Caverage
Low
18°F-8°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 32% of days
Daylight
8h 38mon average

Is December a good time to visit Cortina d'Ampezzo?

December sits outside Cortina d'Ampezzo's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about two 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 37°F to 73°F through the year.Highs near 3°C in December, against 3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

32% of days in December, against 30% to 77% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in December, against 48% to 63% through the year.

Daylight

8h 38m in December, against 8h 38m to 15h 46m 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. November49°9°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December38°3°low 18°low -8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January37°3°low 16°low -9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Cortina d'Ampezzo sits, in December

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:48 AMsets 4:25 PM
Above the sea
1,224 mupland
Latitude
46.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Ortisei36 km west

The land around Cortina d'Ampezzo, 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 Italy in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Cortina d'Ampezzo. 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 (1,224 m) against the climate model's (1,835 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 (1,224 m) against the climate model's (1,835 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.