Climate averages 1991–2020
Pécs weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Pécs: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -0.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Osijek (69 km away). In December its highs average 5.1°C, about as warm as Pécs, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Pécs ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 3.8°C; Pécs is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 4.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 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
Pécs climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.3°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 38 | 7.7 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.6°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.4°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.8°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 74 | 11.1 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 60 | 9.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 8.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 64 | 8.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.6°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 55 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 53 | 8.8 | 9.510 h |
| December, selected | 4.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 54 | 9.0 | 8.79 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
- Osijek in DecemberCroatia · 69 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Subotica in DecemberSerbia · 111 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in DecemberHungary · 125 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Kecskemét in DecemberHungary · 145 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Szeged in DecemberHungary · 149 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Novi Sad in DecemberSerbia · 155 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Banja Luka in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 165 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 82 mm rain
- Budapest in DecemberHungary · 170 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 43 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 Pécs) is explained once on the Pécs year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.