Climate averages 1991–2020
Hradec Králové weather
in December.
A cold, moderately 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 Hradec Králové: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Pardubice (19 km away). In December its highs average 3.1°C, about as warm as Hradec Králové, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Hradec Králové ranks 6th of 12 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 2.9°C; Hradec Králové is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 48 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
Hradec Králové climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 48 | 11.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.9°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 8.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 49 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 36 | 9.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.3°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 59 | 11.1 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 11.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 74 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 65 | 9.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 59 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 47 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.3°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.5 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | 3.0°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 50 | 10.3 | 8.18 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
- Pardubice in DecemberCzechia · 19 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in DecemberPoland · 70 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Jelenia Góra in DecemberPoland · 77 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Liberec in DecemberCzechia · 83 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Prague in DecemberCzechia · 102 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -1.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Legnica in DecemberPoland · 114 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Olomouc in DecemberCzechia · 122 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Brno in DecemberCzechia · 126 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 36 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 Hradec Králové) is explained once on the Hradec Králové year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.