Climate averages 1991–2020
Szeged weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Szeged: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Subotica (41 km away). In December its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Szeged, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szeged ranks 2nd of 11 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 3.8°C; Szeged is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 3.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 48 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
Szeged climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.9°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 34 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 39 | 8.2 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 40 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 8.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 57 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 61 | 10.2 | 15.716 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 54 | 8.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 47 | 7.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 53 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 47 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 44 | 7.4 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 4.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 48 | 8.9 | 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
- Subotica in DecemberSerbia · 41 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Kecskemét in DecemberHungary · 81 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.7°C · 46 mm rain
- Arad in DecemberRomania · 90 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in DecemberSerbia · 98 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Timişoara in DecemberRomania · 100 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -1.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Szolnok in DecemberHungary · 103 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Novi Sad in DecemberSerbia · 114 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Osijek in DecemberCroatia · 137 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 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 Szeged) is explained once on the Szeged year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.