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Germany
in December.

Is December a good time?

Temperature unit

No scored region rates very good or better for weather this month.

National overnight stays are 50% of the August peak.

Regional afternoon highs
41–46°F
Very good weather
0 / 38 regions

Weather falls below the very-good band in 38 scored regions.

Find your December base

Based on 38 statistical regions. Typical conditions, not a forecast for individual towns.

Illustration of St Bartholomä and the Watzmann from Königssee
Königssee, Upper BavariaDestination view, not month-specific.

One month. 38 possibilities.

Choose your December base.

The useful differences, side by side. Open a region for its full month guide.

What matters most?

Weather 50% · Crowds 30% · Cost 20%

Trip focus

38 of 38 regions · Best weather first

Overall scores use the Balanced mix. Choose a different priority to order the regions by that mix.

Illustration of St Bartholomä and the Watzmann from KönigsseeCountrysideMunich & Upper BavariaMunich · Garmisch-Partenkirchen · BerchtesgadenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair43°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Magdeburg Water Bridge over the ElbeCountrysideSaxony-AnhaltMagdeburg · QuedlinburgRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair44°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Buntgarnwerke textile mills on the Weiße ElsterCityLeipzigRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.4/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.4/10Fair44°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Water-level canal in Lehde, SpreewaldCountrysideBrandenburgPotsdam · SpreewaldRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair43°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Vineyard lane near Deidesheim beneath the HaardtCountrysideMainz & the PalatinateMainz · SpeyerRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair45°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Tempelhofer Feld runway and meadow toward the Berlin skylineCityBerlinRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair43°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Heidelberg Old Bridge, Old Town and castle from the north bankCityHeidelberg & KarlsruheHeidelberg · Baden-BadenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair45°F afternoons · 17 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Schrammsteine from a sandstone ledge near CarolafelsenCountrysideDresden & Saxon SwitzerlandDresdenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.2/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.3/10Fair43°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Tübingen Neckarfront with a traditional StocherkahnCountrysideTübingen & Upper SwabiaTübingen · UlmRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.2/10Fair43°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Allgäu dairy pastures and Alpine foothills near FüssenCountrysideSwabia & the AllgäuNeuschwanstein · Augsburg · FüssenRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.0/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.2/10Fair43°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Traditional Black Forest farmhouse in a meadow near SchauinslandMountainsFreiburg & the southern Black ForestFreiburg · KonstanzRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.2/10Fair45°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Frankfurt skyline from the Lohrberg vineyardCityFrankfurt & southern HesseFrankfurt · Darmstadt · WiesbadenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.2/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.2/10Fair45°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Grabkapelle above the Rotenberg vineyardsCountrysideStuttgartRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.2/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.2/10Fair44°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of East Frisian dune trail opening onto a broad North Sea beachCountrysideWeser-Ems & the North Sea coastEast Frisian Islands · OldenburgRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair45°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Herrenhausen Great Garden on the central fountain axisCountrysideHanoverRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair45°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Lusen summit Blockmeer in the Bavarian ForestCountrysideLower BavariaPassau · Bavarian ForestRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair42°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Erfurt Cathedral Hill and the DomstufenCountrysideThuringiaWeimar · ErfurtRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair42°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Goetheweg boardwalk across Torfhausmoor toward the BrockenCountrysideBraunschweig & the Harz (west)Braunschweig · GoslarRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.2/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair44°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Prinzipalmarkt toward St LambertiCountrysideMünsterRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.2/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair46°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Mühle am Wall from across the Wallanlagen moatCityBremenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.1/10Fair45°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Totengrund bowl in the Lüneburg HeathCountrysideLüneburgLüneburg HeathRead the December guide ↗ Overall6.0/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair44°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Deutsches Eck at the Rhine–Moselle confluence from EhrenbreitsteinCountrysideKoblenz & the Middle RhineRhine Valley · KoblenzRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair44°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Walhalla above the Danube near DonaustaufCountrysideRegensburg & the Upper PalatinateRegensburgRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair41°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Externsteine across the Wiembecke pondCountrysideDetmold & East WestphaliaBielefeldRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair45°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Lower Franconian vineyard landscape above the Main River near Würzburg and VolkachCountrysideWürzburg & Lower FranconiaWürzburgRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair43°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Middle Franconian medieval old-town streetscape in RothenburgCountrysideNuremberg & Middle FranconiaNuremberg · Rothenburg ob der TauberRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.3/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair43°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonBusy seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Schloss Augustusburg above the Zschopau valleyCountrysideChemnitz & the Ore MountainsChemnitzRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.1/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair41°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Cologne Cathedral and Hohenzollern Bridge from the Deutz Rhine bankCityCologne & BonnCologne · Bonn · AachenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.0/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair46°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Rheinturm and MedienHafen across the yacht basinCityDüsseldorfRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.0/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair46°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Wasserschloss at the Speicherstadt canal junctionCityHamburgRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.0/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather4.0/10Fair44°F afternoons · 13 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe cascades and Hercules MonumentCountrysideKassel & northern HesseKasselRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.9/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.9/10Fair43°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Marburg Oberstadt from the southeast hillside overlookCountrysideCentral HesseMarburg · GießenRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.8/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.9/10Fair43°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Saarschleife from the Cloef viewpointCountrysideSaarlandRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.8/10Fair45°F afternoons · 17 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Zeche Zollern II/IV from the axial forecourtCityDortmund & the SauerlandDortmundRead the December guide ↗ Overall4.8/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.8/10Fair45°F afternoons · 16 rain days Visitor seasonSteady all yearsimilar all yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Michaelsberg vineyard overlook across Bamberg's UNESCO old townCountrysideBamberg & Upper FranconiaBamberg · BayreuthRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.7/10Fair41°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonModerate seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Steep Moselle vineyards above a river villageCountrysideTrier & the MoselleTrier · Moselle ValleyRead the December guide ↗ Overall5.7/10#11 month here · Balanced Weather3.7/10Fair44°F afternoons · 15 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearNear usual price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Königsstuhl chalk coast on RügenBeachMecklenburg-VorpommernRügen · Usedom · RostockRead the December guide ↗ Overall3.0/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather1.0/10Poor43°F afternoons · 12 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level Illustration of Westerheversand lighthouse across the salt marshBeachSchleswig-HolsteinSylt · Lübeck · KielRead the December guide ↗ Overall3.0/10#12 month here · Balanced Weather1.0/10Poor44°F afternoons · 14 rain days Visitor seasonLow seasonvs its own yearLower price seasonhistorical estimated seasonal pattern; national price level

Cost words compare a published regional accommodation level with Germany's typical level, or describe a region's price season against its own year. The Cost score still uses Germany's price level on the Europe scale; where regional money levels are unavailable, a cheaper season does not establish which region has the cheapest rooms.

What goes into the scores?

Overall combines weather, crowds and cost. It is not a weather rating. By default, the list ranks weather first and shows Balanced Overall scores (50% weather, 30% crowds, 20% cost). Other priorities order it by your Overall mix. Missing cost is excluded and the available parts are reweighted.

Visitor season compares each region with its own year. A higher crowd score does not establish which place has fewer people in absolute terms. Regions cover whole statistical areas; open a guide for its geographic scope. Read the scoring method.

Weather across the country

December weather & packing.

Regional averages vary; check a forecast closer to your trip.

Typical afternoons
41–46°F
Typical nights
30–36°F
Rain days
12–17 days

Ranges span available regional monthly averages, not daily extremes. A dash means a measurement is unavailable or withheld; individual guides explain the gaps.

What to bring.

Afternoons around 46°F (8°C): a warm coat; nights around 36°F (2°C): a winter coat, hat and gloves. Bring rain gear: about 16 days with at least 1 mm of rain.

Weather, region by region Afternoons, nights, rain & weather
Available regional monthly averages. Very good weather means a displayed score of at least 7.0/10.
RegionAfternoonNightRain daysWeather
Munich & Upper Bavaria43°F30°F13fair
Saxony-Anhalt44°F34°F13fair
Leipzig44°F34°F14fair
Brandenburg43°F33°F12fair
Mainz & the Palatinate45°F34°F15fair
Berlin43°F33°F12fair
Heidelberg & Karlsruhe45°F34°F17fair
Dresden & Saxon Switzerland43°F32°F14fair
Tübingen & Upper Swabia43°F30°F16fair
Swabia & the Allgäu43°F30°F14fair
Freiburg & the southern Black Forest45°F32°F16fair
Frankfurt & southern Hesse45°F34°F15fair
Stuttgart44°F32°F15fair
Weser-Ems & the North Sea coast45°F36°F14fair
Hanover45°F35°F14fair
Lower Bavaria42°F30°F12fair
Thuringia42°F32°F13fair
Braunschweig & the Harz (west)44°F34°F14fair
Münster46°F36°F15fair
Bremen45°F36°F14fair
Lüneburg44°F35°F14fair
Koblenz & the Middle Rhine44°F34°F15fair
Regensburg & the Upper Palatinate41°F30°F13fair
Detmold & East Westphalia45°F35°F15fair
Würzburg & Lower Franconia43°F33°F15fair
Nuremberg & Middle Franconia43°F31°F13fair
Chemnitz & the Ore Mountains41°F31°F14fair
Cologne & Bonn46°F36°F16fair
Düsseldorf46°F36°F16fair
Hamburg44°F35°F13fair
Kassel & northern Hesse43°F33°F14fair
Central Hesse43°F33°F14fair
Saarland45°F34°F17fair
Dortmund & the Sauerland45°F35°F16fair
Bamberg & Upper Franconia41°F31°F14fair
Trier & the Moselle44°F33°F15fair
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern43°F33°F12poor
Schleswig-Holstein44°F35°F14poor

Before you go

Check the trip details.

The visitor season

Moderate season, nationally.

December records 50% of August's overnight stays. This measures overnight demand, not queues or day-trippers.

Hotel prices

About usual.

−1% on Germany's historical national hotel-price index, versus its usual month in 2024–2025. This describes a price season, not a live room quote.

The national index cannot tell you which region has the cheapest rooms.

Thinking about the coast?

Check the water, too.

Among beach-focused regions, the warmest measured seas this month are Schleswig-Holstein (43°F), Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (43°F). Sea temperature is one part of a beach trip; open a region for weather and seasonal closures.

Events & holiday dates Check the year against your trip
  • Christmas markets (Germany), typically 20 November – 23 December 2026: evenings and weekends are crowded; city hotels fill on December weekends. Official calendar.

Holidays: 29% of people in Germany live where schools are out on a typical December 2026 day. Public holidays: 25 Dec Christmas Day; 26 Dec 2nd Day of Christmas. (School holidays: OpenHolidays, ODbL.)

Same country. A different chapter.

Dates still up in the air?

Germany through the year ↗

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How we know Sources, scope & limitations

Each row is a statistical region (NUTS 2); open it for the full month, the sources and what moving your dates would change. National lines are built from the regions: season is Germany's total tourist nights this month against its busiest month (Eurostat, primarily 2024–2025; earlier published years where needed); weather counts regions whose displayed Weather score is at least 7.0/10 (very good or better) rather than averaging across the country; visitors ranks overnight visitors per resident against all Europe's regions (for a region) or the other countries (for Germany) that month.

A regional accommodation level is shown only where publishable money data exists; elsewhere the cost words describe a regional season against its own year, and the score starts from the national price level. Separately, Germany's 2024 restaurants-and-hotels level is above EU average (112 where the EU average is 100). Full method.