Climate averages 1991–2020
Pilsen 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 Pilsen: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 13 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prague (84 km away). In December its highs average 4.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Pilsen, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 12 cities listed in Czechia, Pilsen ranks 4th of 12 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 12 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 12 cities is 2.9°C; Pilsen is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 2.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 38 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
Pilsen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 8.69 h |
| February | 4.3°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 33 | 8.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 45 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.1°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 42 | 10.5 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 12.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 12.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 79 | 12.8 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 69 | 10.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.9°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 45 | 9.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 42 | 8.9 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 40 | 9.8 | 8.28 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
- Prague in DecemberCzechia · 84 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -1.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Ústí nad Labem in DecemberCzechia · 112 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 50 mm rain
- České Budějovice in DecemberCzechia · 117 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Regensburg in DecemberGermany · 123 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 59 mm rain
- Chemnitz in DecemberGermany · 125 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -0.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Zwickau in DecemberGermany · 126 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Bayreuth in DecemberGermany · 131 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.9°C · 86 mm rain
- Dresden in DecemberGermany · 147 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.4°C · 62 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 Pilsen) is explained once on the Pilsen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.