🇫🇷 Weather in Paris in December
This is what the weather in Paris (France) was like in December in 2016–2025.
Key facts at a glance
Avg. daytime high
7.8 °C
6.3 °C – 9.2 °C
Avg. night-time low
2.3 °C
0.1 °C – 4.0 °C
Avg. rain days in period
13.0
42 % of days · ≥ 1.0 mm
Avg. precipitation in period
68.8 mm
22.1 mm – 100 mm
Avg. cloud cover
77 %
This data source has no sunshine hours – average cloud cover shown instead.
Avg. sea temperature
–
No sea nearby – no sea temperature.
Extremes: Highest temperature 15.8 °C (8 Dec 2025) · Lowest temperature -8.2 °C (18 Dec 2022) · Avg. daily peak wind 25 km/h
Weather mix of all days
- 19Sunny
- 52Partly cloudy
- 109Cloudy
- 78Light rain
- 52Rain
Summary
- On average 7.8 °C during the day and 2.3 °C at night.
- On average 13.0 rain days (Rain day = at least 1.0 mm of precipitation) with 68.8 mm of precipitation in total.
- Prevailing: Cloudy.
- Warmest year: 2023 (avg. 9.2 °C), coolest: 2016 (avg. 6.3 °C).
- Wettest year: 2020 (100 mm), driest: 2016 (22.1 mm).
- Extremes: 15.8 °C on 8 Dec 2025 and -8.2 °C on 18 Dec 2022.
Overall values from all 10 years. How is this calculated?
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Temperatures per year
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Precipitation & rain days
Year by year
2025
Avg. max8.5°Avg. min3.0°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 25.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 74 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.8 °C · Min -3.2 °C
2024
Avg. max7.6°Avg. min2.2°- Rain days
- 8 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 52.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 78 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 12.9 °C · Min -2.2 °C
2023
Avg. max9.2°Avg. min4.0°- Rain days
- 11 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 65.0 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 84 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.1 °C · Min -4.7 °C
2022
Avg. max6.7°Avg. min1.1°- Rain days
- 14 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 60.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 84 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.6 °C · Min -8.2 °C
2021
Avg. max8.2°Avg. min3.0°- Rain days
- 15 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 77.3 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 72 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.6 °C · Min -4.4 °C
2020
Avg. max7.7°Avg. min2.6°- Rain days
- 18 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 100 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 81 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.0 °C · Min -1.9 °C
2019
Avg. max8.5°Avg. min2.4°- Rain days
- 19 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 99.8 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 74 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 14.2 °C · Min -3.4 °C
2018
Avg. max8.3°Avg. min2.8°- Rain days
- 16 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 88.2 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 78 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 15.0 °C · Min -4.7 °C
2017
Avg. max7.1°Avg. min1.6°- Rain days
- 17 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 98.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 77 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 13.4 °C · Min -3.7 °C
2016
Avg. max6.3°Avg. min0.1°- Rain days
- 4 Rain days
- Precipitation
- 22.1 mm
- Avg. cloud cover
- 66 % cloudy
- Sea temperature
- –
Max 10.2 °C · Min -4.3 °C
Frequently asked questions
- How warm is it in Paris in December?
- Daytime highs averaged 7.8 °C, night-time lows 2.3 °C. The highest value of the past 10 years was 15.8 °C (8 Dec 2025), the lowest -8.2 °C (18 Dec 2022).
- How often does it rain in Paris in December?
- On average there were 13.0 rain days (at least 1 mm) with 68.8 mm of precipitation in total.
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Data sources
- Weather data
- Data obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations) on a coarse grid of about 50 km. Values represent a large area and can differ from local conditions, especially on islands, coasts and in mountains. No sunshine duration.
Reanalysis (weather model constrained by observations)
Reanalysis values represent a grid cell (approx. 25–50 km) and may differ from local measurements on coasts, islands and in mountains. - Sea temperature
- MUR SST data were provided by JPL under support by NASA MEaSUREs program; accessed via NOAA CoastWatch ERDDAP
Daily multi-scale ultra-high resolution (≈ 1 km) analysis of satellite measurements (infrared, microwave) and in-situ data. Represents the foundation temperature below the daily warm surface layer. (Satellite and in-situ analysis) - Place search
- Natural Earth (public domain) · GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) / OpenStreetMap (ODbL)