Marseille is typically mild in December.

Maximum temperatures go down compared to the previous month from +16°C to +13°C. The minimum temperature also goes down from +8°C to +5°C.

Pack a light jacket as it will be warm in the day and cool in the evenings.

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

Water in Marseille in December is Cold. It varies from +13°C to +17°C, with an average of +15°C. Note that the air temperature is lower than the water temperature, averaging around +13°C.

In December, water temperatures are average relative to the rest of the year:

December weather is still as ok as in November. It’s getting colder in December. From +16°C in the day, the average maximum temperature lowers to +13°C. As December arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 86 mm to 61 mm. Humidity rises from 75% to 76%. The average wind speed doesn’t change much during December, staying around 5 m/s. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in December, from 9 to 10.

January brings much the same weather, it remains ok.

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

The average temperature was the lowest in 1980 (+18°C) and the highest in 2022 (+22°C). The driest year was 2017 with only 303 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 2019 with 1057 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Marseille, 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.