Climate averages 1991–2020
Gjakovë weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Gjakovë: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prizren (31 km away). In December its highs average 7.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Gjakovë, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Kosovo, Gjakovë ranks 3rd of 5 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 5 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 5 cities is 6.3°C; Gjakovë is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 63 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
Gjakovë climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 63 | 9.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 64 | 10.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 10.9°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 75 | 12.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 75 | 13.1 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 10.9 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 51 | 8.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 56 | 8.1 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 78 | 10.2 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 87 | 11.2 | 9.19 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
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 31 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Suva Reka in DecemberKosovo · 32 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in DecemberKosovo · 66 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Pristina in DecemberKosovo · 69 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Shkodër in DecemberAlbania · 83 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 3.6°C · 225 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in DecemberSerbia · 84 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Skopje in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 93 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Podgorica in DecemberMontenegro · 96 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.9°C · 271 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 Gjakovë) is explained once on the Gjakovë year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.