Average temperature in December is 4.6 °C
Average daytime temperature is 9.1 °C
Average night temperature is 0.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 14.4 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -11.4 °C
Number of sunny days: 9
Number of rainy days: 18
Number of snow days: 4
Precipitation sum: 199 mm
* Weather data for Sarnen Switzerland is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| December (°C) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Maximum temperature | 6.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 4.1 | 6.4 | 5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 6.6 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 12.7 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 14.4 | 12.1 | 14 | 10.7 | 13 | 10.9 | 12.6 |
| Apparent max temperature | 4.5 | -0.3 | -2.1 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 10 | 9.6 | 8.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 4.2 | 5.7 | 4.2 | 7.8 | 10.7 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 12 | 8.6 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 9.8 |
| Mean temperature | 4.4 | -0.4 | -4.2 | -1 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 5 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 8.2 | 8 | 6.8 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 1 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 8.3 | 5.9 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 8.3 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Apparent mean temperature | 0.1 | -5.9 | -15.6 | -15.9 | -3.4 | -6.5 | -9.1 | -1.1 | -3.7 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 0.1 | -5.3 | -6.4 | -2.6 | -2.9 | -2.5 | -1.4 | 0.3 | 2.5 | -1.4 | -4 | -0.1 | -3.2 | -3.7 | -2.8 | 2 | -2.5 | -2 |
| Minimum temperature | 2.4 | -2.9 | -11 | -11.4 | -0.2 | -2.6 | -5.7 | 2.7 | -0.3 | 3.7 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 4.6 | 3.1 | -2.5 | -3.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.7 | 1.5 | -0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.9 | 4.6 | 1 | 2 |
| Apparent min temperature | 2.5 | -3.2 | -7.7 | -5.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 | -2.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.2 | 6.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 | 0.9 | -1.6 | 1 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 6.1 | 3.7 | 3 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
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| Daylight duration (h) | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 0 | 7.5 | 1 | 6 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0 | 4.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 2.2 | 5.6 | 7.1 | 5 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 33.1 | 15.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 6.3 | 2.8 | 39.4 | 30.3 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7.1 | 18.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 6.7 |
| Precipitation hours | 24 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 5.8 | 6 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 14.7 | 14.8 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 7.9 | 9.5 | 11 | 10.1 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 7 | 7.7 | 9.9 | 9.4 | 8.4 | 10.2 | 11.7 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Sarnen was 14.4°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -11.4°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Sarnen are 0.5°C and 9.1°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 199 mm.