Climate averages 1991–2020
Ruse weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ruse: daytime highs average 5.4°C and nights cool to about -1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (66 km away). In December its highs average 4.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Ruse, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 10 cities listed in Bulgaria, Ruse ranks joint 7th of 10 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 10 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 10 cities is 6.0°C; Ruse is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 3.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 44 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
Ruse climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.8°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 6.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 39 | 7.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 11.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 55 | 9.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 65 | 10.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 79 | 10.6 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 64 | 8.4 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.2°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 48 | 5.9 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.1°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 55 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 51 | 6.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 48 | 6.9 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 5.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 46 | 7.7 | 9.09 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
- Bucharest in DecemberRomania · 66 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Shumen in DecemberBulgaria · 101 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Pleven in DecemberBulgaria · 118 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Ploieşti in DecemberRomania · 123 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Sliven in DecemberBulgaria · 133 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 0.2°C · 63 mm rain
- Piteşti in DecemberRomania · 141 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Stara Zagora in DecemberBulgaria · 160 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 60 mm rain
- Buzău in DecemberRomania · 161 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 43 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 Ruse) is explained once on the Ruse year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.