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Gothenburg in December

Chilly and damp, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Gothenburg is chilly: highs near 41°F, lows near 31°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.December in Gothenburg is chilly: highs near 5°C, lows near -1°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 12 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
41°F5°Caverage
Low
31°F-1°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
6h 39mon average

Is December a good time to visit Gothenburg?

December sits outside Gothenburg's best months, which run from June to August. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three 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 41°F in December, against 39°F to 72°F through the year.Highs near 5°C in December, against 4°C to 22°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in December, against 35% to 51% through the year.

Cloud cover

72% cover in December, against 48% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

6h 39m in December, against 6h 39m to 17h 58m 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 38°low 3°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December41°5°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January39°4°low 29°low -2°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Gothenburg sits, in December

Europe/Stockholm
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
8:49 AMsets 3:25 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
57.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Stockholm397 km north-east

The land around Gothenburg, 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 Sweden in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Gothenburg. 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (53 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 (0 m) against the climate model's (53 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.