Climate averages 1991–2020
Szombathely weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Szombathely: daytime highs average 3.8°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 34 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Graz (91 km away). In December its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Szombathely, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Hungary, Szombathely ranks joint 6th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 3.8°C; Szombathely is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 30 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
Szombathely 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-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 30 | 7.0 | 8.99 h |
| February | 5.9°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 33 | 7.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.5°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 45 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 47 | 8.8 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.2°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 23.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 81 | 12.0 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 79 | 12.1 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 78 | 10.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.4°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 76 | 9.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 9.0 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.8°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 41 | 8.1 | 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
- Graz in DecemberAustria · 91 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Győr in DecemberHungary · 91 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Maribor in DecemberSlovenia · 105 kmHigh 4.8°C · Low -1.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Bratislava in DecemberSlovakia · 108 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Vienna in DecemberAustria · 110 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in DecemberHungary · 135 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Nitra in DecemberSlovakia · 162 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Zagreb in DecemberCroatia · 165 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 68 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 Szombathely) is explained once on the Szombathely year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.