Climate averages 1991–2020
Debrecen 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 Debrecen: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nyíregyháza (48 km away). In December its highs average 3.0°C, about as warm as Debrecen, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Debrecen ranks 9th of 11 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 3.8°C; Debrecen is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 2.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 mm to 34 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
Debrecen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 34 | 8.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.2°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 40 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 39 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 51 | 9.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 66 | 11.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 73 | 11.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 77 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 58 | 8.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 56 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 47 | 8.4 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 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
- Nyíregyháza in DecemberHungary · 48 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Oradea in DecemberRomania · 58 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.3°C · 59 mm rain
- Miskolc in DecemberHungary · 90 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Satu Mare in DecemberRomania · 97 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Szolnok in DecemberHungary · 114 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Mukachevo in DecemberUkraine · 130 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in DecemberUkraine · 131 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Košice in DecemberSlovakia · 134 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
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 Debrecen) is explained once on the Debrecen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.