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Colorado Springs in December

Cold and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Colorado Springs is cold: highs near 39°F, lows near 15°F. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 30 minutes.December in Colorado Springs is cold: highs near 4°C, lows near -9°C. Rain or snow falls on about one day a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 30 minutes.

High
39°F4°Caverage
Low
15°F-9°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 14% of days
Daylight
9h 30mon average

Is December a good time to visit Colorado Springs?

December sits outside Colorado Springs's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about one day 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 39°F in December, against 38°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 4°C in December, against 3°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

14% of days in December, against 14% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

43% cover in December, against 29% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

9h 30m in December, against 9h 30m to 14h 50m 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. November50°10°low 24°low -4°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. December39°4°low 15°low -9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. January38°3°low 13°low -11°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Colorado Springs sits, in December

America/Denver
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:10 AMsets 4:39 PM
Above the sea
2,499 mhigh country
Latitude
38.7°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Breckenridge130 km north-west

The land around Colorado Springs, 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 United States in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Colorado Springs. 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 (2,499 m) against the climate model's (2,394 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 (2,499 m) against the climate model's (2,394 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.