Climate averages 1991–2020
Bălţi weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry 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 Bălţi: daytime highs average 2.2°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iaşi (71 km away). In December its highs average 2.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Bălţi, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bălţi ranks 4th of 4 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 2.9°C; Bălţi is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 28 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Bălţi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 28 | 6.7 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 29 | 6.3 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 45 | 9.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.6°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 60 | 10.9 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 74 | 11.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 75 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| August | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 54 | 7.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 57 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 44 | 7.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 36 | 6.0 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 2.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 33 | 7.1 | 8.58 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Iaşi in DecemberRomania · 71 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Botoşani in DecemberRomania · 94 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Chisinau in DecemberMoldova · 109 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Suceava in DecemberRomania · 126 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in DecemberUkraine · 142 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Piatra Neamţ in DecemberRomania · 153 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Bacău in DecemberRomania · 153 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Bender in DecemberMoldova · 156 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 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 Bălţi) is explained once on the Bălţi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.