Climate averages 1991–2020
Kecskemét weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kecskemét: daytime highs average 3.9°C and nights cool to about -1.7°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 joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Szolnok (49 km away). In December its highs average 3.9°C, about as warm as Kecskemét, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Kecskemét ranks joint 4th 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; Kecskemét is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 3.4°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
Kecskemét climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 34 | 7.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 37 | 7.6 | 10.310 h |
| March | 10.9°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 37 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.0°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 46 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 62 | 11.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 25.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 69 | 10.7 | 15.816 h |
| July | 27.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 66 | 9.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 54 | 8.1 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 53 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 47 | 8.3 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 46 | 8.5 | 8.69 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
- Szolnok in DecemberHungary · 49 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Szeged in DecemberHungary · 81 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Budapest in DecemberHungary · 82 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Subotica in DecemberSerbia · 90 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in DecemberHungary · 102 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Pécs in DecemberHungary · 145 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Arad in DecemberRomania · 148 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Miskolc in DecemberHungary · 156 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 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 Kecskemét) is explained once on the Kecskemét year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.