Average temperature in December is -8.3 °C
Average daytime temperature is -4.9 °C
Average night temperature is -11.5 °C
Absolute maximum temperature: 4.3 °C
Absolute minimum temperature: -19.2 °C
Number of sunny days: 18
Number of rainy days: 3
Number of snow days: 10
Precipitation sum: 44 mm
* Weather data for Nuuk Greenland is based on climate observations for 2023 year
| Dicembre (°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 | 4.3 | -2.1 | -3.3 | -2 | -7 | 1.4 | 2.1 | -4.9 | -1.4 | -2.2 | 0.8 | 0.9 | -5.1 | -8.5 | -9.6 | -9.6 | -5.7 | -0.2 | -4.1 | -4.9 | -6.5 | -10.1 | -11.6 | -10.8 | -14.3 | -1.9 | -1.8 | -8.7 | -10.9 | -11.4 | -3.4 |
| Apparent max temperature | -1.7 | -5.8 | -8.6 | -5.6 | -13.6 | -5 | -4 | -9.5 | -4.3 | -5.3 | -9.2 | -6.5 | -8.5 | -12.5 | -15.5 | -16.6 | -12.8 | -9.5 | -11.3 | -11.9 | -11.3 | -14.4 | -16 | -15.5 | -19.3 | -8.4 | -8.5 | -15.9 | -17.5 | -18.5 | -8.9 |
| Mean temperature | 0.8 | -5.2 | -6.2 | -5.5 | -8.7 | -3.2 | -2.3 | -6.2 | -5.3 | -5.5 | 0.1 | -3.3 | -8 | -12.7 | -11.9 | -12.3 | -10.1 | -5.2 | -5.8 | -6.6 | -9.6 | -14.5 | -16.3 | -14.2 | -16.3 | -6.7 | -4.5 | -11.1 | -17 | -15.8 | -8.2 |
| Apparent mean temperature | -8.5 | -11.5 | -13.8 | -13.2 | -16.9 | -14 | -11.9 | -14.2 | -14.5 | -13.1 | -14.7 | -12.3 | -17.2 | -20.7 | -20.3 | -23.5 | -23.8 | -15 | -15 | -13.2 | -18.2 | -23.7 | -24.8 | -23.7 | -23.7 | -20.5 | -15.7 | -19.4 | -25.4 | -23.6 | -18.9 |
| Minimum temperature | -4.4 | -6.8 | -9.2 | -8 | -11.4 | -7.5 | -6.4 | -8.8 | -9.6 | -8.3 | -1.7 | -7 | -11.8 | -15.1 | -13.9 | -16.4 | -17.7 | -7.1 | -7.9 | -7.7 | -13.2 | -17.7 | -19 | -17 | -17.1 | -15 | -8.4 | -12.4 | -19.2 | -17.2 | -12.7 |
| Apparent min temperature | -5.3 | -9.7 | -11.5 | -10.3 | -14.9 | -9.5 | -8 | -11.8 | -10.1 | -10 | -11.7 | -9.7 | -13.1 | -17.9 | -18.2 | -19.5 | -16.9 | -13.2 | -13 | -12.5 | -14.7 | -20.1 | -23 | -20.6 | -22.5 | -12.9 | -11.1 | -18 | -23.5 | -22.3 | -14.4 |
| Dicembre | 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) | 5 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 |
| Sunshine duration (h) | 0 | 0.4 | 0 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 1 | 3 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 2 | 1.7 | 0 | 1.9 | 3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Precipitation (mm) | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 9.3 | 0.7 | 0 | 0.9 | 0 | 1.4 | 6.2 | 12.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 |
| Precipitation hours | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Wind speed (m/s) | 45.1 | 14.8 | 19.9 | 19.8 | 23.3 | 26.6 | 25.7 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 28.3 | 84.6 | 55.4 | 26.3 | 15.5 | 22.4 | 27.6 | 36.3 | 62.2 | 41.3 | 35.7 | 23.1 | 23.4 | 27.2 | 22.2 | 19.8 | 28.7 | 26 | 27.1 | 21.7 | 23.7 | 31.8 |
In December 2023, the highest daytime temperature in Nuuk was 4.3°C.
While the minimum temperature at night dropped to -19.2°C.
The average nighttime and daytime temperatures during December in Nuuk are -11.5°C and -4.9°C respectively.
The precipitation sum in December is about 44 mm.