Climate averages 1991–2020
Osijek weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Osijek: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pécs (69 km away). In December its highs average 4.8°C, about as warm as Osijek, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Croatia, Osijek ranks joint 3rd of 4 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 7.2°C; Osijek is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 42 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
Osijek climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 42 | 8.0 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.0°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 46 | 8.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.0°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 49 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 55 | 10.0 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 69 | 11.4 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 75 | 10.8 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 63 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 56 | 8.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 8.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 54 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 53 | 8.7 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 5.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 54 | 9.1 | 8.89 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
- Pécs in DecemberHungary · 69 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Novi Sad in DecemberSerbia · 95 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Subotica in DecemberSerbia · 97 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Tuzla in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 113 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 77 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in DecemberSerbia · 133 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Szeged in DecemberHungary · 137 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Banja Luka in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 145 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Novi Beograd in DecemberSerbia · 159 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 51 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 Osijek) is explained once on the Osijek year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.