Kristianstad is typically cool in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +7°C to +4°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +2°C to -1°C.

Pack a sweater and a jacket as there will be cooler temperatures.

December is one of the coolest months in Kristianstad, here is the comparison with other months:

December weather is still as bad as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +7°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +4°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 45 mm to 39 mm. Humidity rises from 89% to 90%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 3 m/s. The amount of sunny days stay about the same, averaging 2 sunny days during the month.

January brings much the same weather, it remains bad.

December is one of the snowiest months in Kristianstad.

Here’s how December is compared with other months in the amount of snow, total mm:

The climate in Kristianstad in December has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1987 (+9°C) and the highest in 2020 (+14°C). The driest year was 2018 with only 401 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2019 with 1047 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Kristianstad, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.