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Paris in December: every year compared

In December, Paris averages highs of 7.6 °C and lows of 2.9 °C, with 68 mm of precipitation. The warmest December was 2015 (9.3 °C), the coldest 1950 (0.3 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 7.6 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low 2.9 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 68 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 13

Day by day through December

Normal high and low for each day of December in Paris.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every December in Paris, ranked

86 months of December since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 9 of 86 (+1.7 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 6.9 °C · +1.7 °C vs normal · rank 9 of 86

Warmest years

120159.3 °C
219747.9 °C
320237.8 °C
420007.5 °C
520117.4 °C

Coldest years

119500.3 °C
220100.7 °C
319630.8 °C
419690.9 °C
519461.2 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	6.9 °C	9.4 °C	4.4 °C	47 mm	6 days	0 cm	10 days
2024	6.2 °C	8.3 °C	4.1 °C	45 mm	2 days	0 cm	10 days
2023	7.8 °C	9.8 °C	6.0 °C	69 mm	2 days	1 cm	10 days
2022	5.0 °C	7.1 °C	3.1 °C	68 mm	11 days	3 cm	13 days
2021	6.8 °C	9.0 °C	4.6 °C	85 mm	3 days	0 cm	15 days
2020	6.7 °C	8.7 °C	4.5 °C	149 mm	3 days	0 cm	17 days
2019	6.8 °C	9.3 °C	4.3 °C	105 mm	7 days	0 cm	18 days
2018	6.9 °C	9.1 °C	4.7 °C	76 mm	7 days	1 cm	15 days
2017	5.6 °C	7.9 °C	3.2 °C	76 mm	3 days	1 cm	15 days
2016	3.8 °C	7.2 °C	1.2 °C	19 mm	11 days	0 cm	3 days
2015	9.3 °C	11.9 °C	6.9 °C	35 mm	0 days	0 cm	7 days
2014	5.5 °C	7.7 °C	3.2 °C	68 mm	6 days	1 cm	12 days
2013	5.8 °C	9.0 °C	2.9 °C	51 mm	6 days	0 cm	10 days
2012	6.4 °C	8.7 °C	4.0 °C	92 mm	6 days	4 cm	16 days
2011	7.4 °C	9.7 °C	5.0 °C	118 mm	1 day	0 cm	20 days
2010	0.7 °C	2.5 °C	-1.1 °C	80 mm	18 days	36 cm	15 days
2009	4.2 °C	6.8 °C	1.3 °C	81 mm	10 days	6 cm	18 days
2008	3.4 °C	5.5 °C	1.2 °C	29 mm	14 days	1 cm	9 days
2007	4.2 °C	7.1 °C	1.9 °C	54 mm	12 days	0 cm	11 days
2006	5.4 °C	8.0 °C	3.1 °C	58 mm	6 days	0 cm	11 days
2005	3.7 °C	6.4 °C	1.4 °C	44 mm	8 days	4 cm	8 days
2004	3.5 °C	5.7 °C	1.4 °C	52 mm	10 days	1 cm	8 days
2003	5.1 °C	7.7 °C	2.8 °C	52 mm	9 days	0 cm	9 days
2002	7.1 °C	8.9 °C	5.1 °C	83 mm	4 days	0 cm	15 days
2001	3.2 °C	5.7 °C	0.7 °C	52 mm	16 days	1 cm	7 days
2000	7.5 °C	9.7 °C	5.4 °C	69 mm	2 days	1 cm	15 days
1999	5.8 °C	8.2 °C	3.3 °C	150 mm	5 days	9 cm	20 days
1998	5.5 °C	7.5 °C	3.5 °C	54 mm	8 days	1 cm	12 days
1997	6.0 °C	8.1 °C	3.8 °C	108 mm	5 days	17 cm	11 days
1996	2.2 °C	4.1 °C	0.2 °C	44 mm	16 days	1 cm	14 days
1995	3.2 °C	5.2 °C	1.2 °C	41 mm	15 days	1 cm	10 days
1994	6.8 °C	9.3 °C	4.4 °C	46 mm	6 days	0 cm	13 days
1993	6.9 °C	9.2 °C	4.7 °C	90 mm	1 day	3 cm	21 days
1992	4.5 °C	6.7 °C	2.1 °C	47 mm	7 days	0 cm	8 days
1991	3.4 °C	5.8 °C	1.0 °C	27 mm	14 days	0 cm	6 days
1990	3.8 °C	5.8 °C	1.6 °C	54 mm	12 days	6 cm	10 days
1989	4.8 °C	7.2 °C	2.4 °C	80 mm	15 days	0 cm	9 days
1988	7.3 °C	8.8 °C	5.3 °C	54 mm	0 days	0 cm	6 days
1987	4.7 °C	6.6 °C	2.7 °C	36 mm	9 days	0 cm	8 days
1986	5.8 °C	8.3 °C	3.4 °C	63 mm	3 days	0 cm	10 days
1985	5.9 °C	7.9 °C	3.6 °C	31 mm	8 days	2 cm	9 days
1984	4.5 °C	6.8 °C	1.9 °C	54 mm	7 days	3 cm	10 days
1983	4.4 °C	6.9 °C	1.8 °C	31 mm	12 days	0 cm	9 days
1982	4.9 °C	7.1 °C	2.4 °C	89 mm	8 days	1 cm	14 days
1981	4.0 °C	6.0 °C	1.6 °C	121 mm	10 days	12 cm	21 days
1980	3.4 °C	5.8 °C	0.7 °C	68 mm	12 days	11 cm	15 days
1979	6.5 °C	8.7 °C	4.4 °C	96 mm	6 days	8 cm	16 days
1978	5.4 °C	7.6 °C	2.9 °C	123 mm	12 days	7 cm	16 days
1977	5.6 °C	8.2 °C	3.1 °C	54 mm	9 days	0 cm	10 days
1976	2.5 °C	4.6 °C	0.2 °C	69 mm	15 days	4 cm	14 days
1975	2.3 °C	4.3 °C	0.2 °C	18 mm	12 days	0 cm	3 days
1974	7.9 °C	10.1 °C	5.3 °C	45 mm	3 days	1 cm	11 days
1973	4.1 °C	6.3 °C	1.4 °C	53 mm	9 days	2 cm	13 days
1972	4.6 °C	7.2 °C	2.1 °C	22 mm	11 days	0 cm	8 days
1971	4.6 °C	6.6 °C	2.7 °C	6 mm	11 days	1 cm	3 days
1970	2.4 °C	4.4 °C	0.2 °C	31 mm	15 days	8 cm	9 days
1969	0.9 °C	2.8 °C	-1.3 °C	57 mm	21 days	10 cm	11 days
1968	1.9 °C	3.8 °C	-0.4 °C	38 mm	19 days	5 cm	11 days
1967	3.3 °C	5.4 °C	0.8 °C	60 mm	13 days	2 cm	11 days
1966	6.3 °C	8.7 °C	4.0 °C	92 mm	4 days	0 cm	18 days
1965	6.5 °C	8.9 °C	4.0 °C	122 mm	2 days	1 cm	20 days
1964	3.6 °C	5.8 °C	1.4 °C	50 mm	15 days	7 cm	14 days
1963	0.8 °C	3.1 °C	-1.4 °C	7 mm	18 days	1 cm	2 days
1962	1.3 °C	4.2 °C	-1.7 °C	46 mm	19 days	4 cm	10 days
1961	4.3 °C	6.9 °C	1.3 °C	72 mm	15 days	0 cm	11 days
1960	3.4 °C	5.5 °C	1.3 °C	61 mm	11 days	3 cm	13 days
1959	6.5 °C	8.6 °C	4.3 °C	59 mm	1 day	0 cm	16 days
1958	5.8 °C	7.9 °C	3.5 °C	76 mm	9 days	0 cm	16 days
1957	3.7 °C	6.0 °C	1.6 °C	40 mm	12 days	0 cm	8 days
1956	6.6 °C	8.5 °C	4.6 °C	36 mm	4 days	3 cm	10 days
1955	6.5 °C	8.6 °C	4.1 °C	63 mm	4 days	0 cm	14 days
1954	6.7 °C	8.8 °C	4.3 °C	44 mm	0 days	1 cm	10 days
1953	7.1 °C	9.6 °C	4.8 °C	14 mm	4 days	0 cm	6 days
1952	3.3 °C	5.4 °C	1.1 °C	98 mm	14 days	10 cm	15 days
1951	4.5 °C	7.2 °C	2.0 °C	51 mm	7 days	0 cm	9 days
1950	0.3 °C	2.4 °C	-2.5 °C	81 mm	21 days	19 cm	14 days
1949	4.8 °C	7.3 °C	2.2 °C	46 mm	12 days	0 cm	7 days
1948	4.6 °C	7.0 °C	2.2 °C	68 mm	11 days	0 cm	12 days
1947	4.7 °C	6.9 °C	2.6 °C	64 mm	8 days	1 cm	11 days
1946	1.2 °C	3.6 °C	-1.0 °C	48 mm	11 days	0 cm	12 days
1945	5.0 °C	7.6 °C	2.3 °C	56 mm	9 days	0 cm	15 days
1944	3.3 °C	5.8 °C	0.8 °C	47 mm	11 days	1 cm	10 days
1943	2.6 °C	4.6 °C	0.5 °C	30 mm	16 days	0 cm	5 days
1942	4.8 °C	7.5 °C	1.9 °C	20 mm	10 days	4 cm	8 days
1941	4.3 °C	6.5 °C	2.0 °C	17 mm	10 days	0 cm	4 days
1940	1.6 °C	3.7 °C	-0.4 °C	59 mm	17 days	1 cm	11 days

December records

Hottest day

17.8 °C

December 8, 2000 estimate

Nearby station: 17.1 °C on December 16, 1989 measured

Coldest night

-18.8 °C

December 30, 1950 estimate

Nearby station: -12.9 °C on December 20, 1938 measured

Wettest day

31 mm

December 13, 1952 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Paris

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Paris in December?

Highs average 7.6 °C and lows 2.9 °C. A typical December brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 8 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Paris in December?

About 68 mm falls in December, over some 13 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest December was 1999 (150 mm), the driest 1971 (6 mm).

What was the warmest December in Paris?

2015, with a mean temperature of 9.3 °C. The coldest was 1950 (0.3 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 9 of 86.