Climate averages 1991–2020
Budapest weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Budapest: daytime highs average 3.7°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Székesfehérvár (59 km away). In December its highs average 3.8°C, about as warm as Budapest, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Budapest ranks 8th of 11 for the warmest December highs and joint 3rd of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 3.8°C; Budapest is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 3.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 36 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
Budapest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 36 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.7°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 40 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 8.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 71 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 69 | 10.2 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 58 | 8.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 51 | 8.7 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 8.59 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
- Székesfehérvár in DecemberHungary · 59 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Kecskemét in DecemberHungary · 82 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Szolnok in DecemberHungary · 94 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Győr in DecemberHungary · 107 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Nitra in DecemberSlovakia · 115 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in DecemberSlovakia · 138 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Miskolc in DecemberHungary · 146 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Bratislava in DecemberSlovakia · 161 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 40 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 Budapest) is explained once on the Budapest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.