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Averages for Brittany in December

December in Brittany, France can offer the perfect Christmas holiday getaway with cool temperatures, a bit of rainfall and at least one festival to enjoy. Rainfall in December is around 62mm; falling 16 days out of the month. The sea is a cool 13C, while the daily averages run between 5 and 10C, so wrap up.

Les Transmusicales located in Rennes in December is the one music festival to enjoy during this winter month. This festival has been known to showcase brand new talents, indeed, Nirvana and Portishead debuted at this relatively modest festival, so who knows who will make it big next.

Visiting the Pointe du Raz makes for a chilly excursion during December., however, if you’re a keen surfer you may not be put off as it offers the best surfing in colder months. Pointe du Raz is also known as the Land’s End for Finistere. If it is a nice day with little rain and decent temperatures, consider the Baie des Trespasses or ‘Bay of the Dead’. You can stroll along the cliffs to see a place of numerous shipwrecks. It is west of Douarnenez by 20km.

In the same area is Clos the Parishes of Finistere. Enclose Paroissiaux offers walled churchyards with a cemetery, ossuary, and calvary celebrating Breton Catholicism. Locronon offers numerous pardons throughout the year, as do some of the other parishes of Finistere.

Finistere offers more than 200 hotels for any budget. Both Hotel Le Brittany or Hotel de France et d’Europe offer views of Finistere and quality rooms.