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Greensboro in December

Mild and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Greensboro is mild: highs near 61°F, lows near 42°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 58 minutes.December in Greensboro is mild: highs near 16°C, lows near 6°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 58 minutes.

High
61°F16°Caverage
Low
42°F6°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 31% of days
Daylight
9h 58mon average

Is December a good time to visit Greensboro?

December sits outside Greensboro's best months, which run in two parts: April, or October. Expect mild days and rain 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 61°F in December, against 58°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 16°C in December, against 14°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

31% of days in December, against 22% to 53% through the year.

Cloud cover

50% cover in December, against 34% to 51% through the year.

Daylight

9h 58m in December, against 9h 58m to 14h 20m 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. November69°21°low 49°low 9°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December61°16°low 42°low 6°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January58°14°low 39°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Greensboro sits, in December

America/New York
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:29 AMsets 5:27 PM
Above the sea
140 mlow-lying
Latitude
33.4°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Waynesville229 km north

The land around Greensboro, 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 Greensboro

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Greensboro. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.