Average Precipitation for France in December

The tables below give monthly averages for rainfall plus snowfall during December at cities in France. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets this month and for the normal amount of precipitation.

There's a separate table for each corner of the country: Southeast, Southwest, Northeast and Northwest, plus Central France.

The calculation of days only includes the days when precipitation totalled at least one millimetre (0.04 inches). The month's total precipitation is an average of weather data collected during 1991 to 2020.

Southeastern France

Average monthly precipitation in December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
9 Ajaccio, Corsica 2.9 74
8 Bastia, Corsica 3.5 88
10 Bourg-Saint-Maurice 4.5 114
6 Cannes 4.1 105
9 Carcassonne 2.4 61
14 Chastreix 6.0 153
10 Grenoble 2.5 64
10 Lyon 2.5 63
13 Mont Aigoual 7.5 191
7 Montelimar 2.4 62
6 Montpellier 2.2 57
6 Nice 3.6 90
5 Perpignan 2.2 55
6 Toulon 2.6 66

Southwestern France

December averages for total rainfall plus snowfall
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
13 Biarritz 5.9 151
106 Bordeaux 4.2 106
11 Pau 3.9 98
10 Tarbes 3.8 96
9 Toulouse  2.0 52

Central France

Average amount of rain and snow in December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
6 Clermont-Ferrand 1.1 29
11 Dijon 2.4 62
13 La Rochelle 3.5 90
13 Limoges 4.1 105
11 Orléans2.3 59
11 Paris 2.4 62
11 Poitiers 2.9 73
12 Tours 2.8 72

Northwestern France

Precipitation totals for December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
14 Besançon 4.1 105
13 Calais 3.3 83
9 Colmar 1.6 42
12 Lille 2.9 73
12 Metz 3.0 77
13 Nancy 3.1 78
10 Strasbourg 1.8 45
12 Troyes 2.3 59
12 Angers 2.9 74

Northwestern France

Total precipitation during December
Days Place Inches Milli­metres
18 Brest 6.1 155
14 Caen 3.2 81
12 Le Mans 3.0 75
14 Lorient 4.5 115
14 Nantes 4.0 101
12 Rennes 2.9 73
14 Rouen 4.0 102
15 Saint-Brieuc 3.6 91
Reference

Météo France. Climatologie. Normales et records. Données publiques. Fiche climatologique.

France Precipitation
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