Climate averages 1991–2020
Zenica weather
in December.
A cold, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Zenica: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes December a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilidža (52 km away). In December its highs average 5.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Zenica, with 110 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Zenica ranks 3rd of 7 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 7 cities is 6.3°C; Zenica is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Zenica climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 76 | 11.9 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 81 | 12.1 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 89 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 106 | 14.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 120 | 15.4 | 14.715 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 116 | 14.4 | 15.415 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 104 | 12.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 27.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 80 | 11.7 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 94 | 11.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 82 | 10.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.6°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 90 | 11.3 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 6.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 92 | 13.1 | 8.99 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Ilidža in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 52 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Sarajevo in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 53 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -1.7°C · 110 mm rain
- Tuzla in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 71 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Banja Luka in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 85 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Mostar in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 96 kmHigh 9.0°C · Low 1.0°C · 191 mm rain
- Split in DecemberCroatia · 140 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 173 mm rain
- Osijek in DecemberCroatia · 162 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Bihać in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 175 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.2°C · 116 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Zenica) is explained once on the Zenica year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.