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Stresa in December

Chilly and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Stresa is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 43 minutes.December in Stresa is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 43 minutes.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 33% of days
Daylight
8h 43mon average

Is December a good time to visit Stresa?

December sits outside Stresa's best months, which run in two parts: June, or September. Expect chilly 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 49°F in December, against 48°F to 82°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in December, against 9°C to 28°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

33% of days in December, against 32% to 65% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in December, against 37% to 58% through the year.

Daylight

8h 43m in December, against 8h 43m to 15h 40m 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. November57°14°low 40°low 4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December49°9°low 31°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January48°9°low 30°low -1°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Stresa sits, in December

Europe/Rome
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:00 AMsets 4:42 PM
Above the sea
200 mlow-lying
Latitude
45.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Lake Como57 km east

The land around Stresa, 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 Stresa

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Stresa. 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 (200 m) against the climate model's (583 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 (200 m) against the climate model's (583 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.