Climate averages 1991–2020
Bender 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 Bender: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -2.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiraspol (12 km away). In December its highs average 3.2°C, about as warm as Bender, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Bender ranks joint 1st of 4 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 2.9°C; Bender is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 1.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 32 mm to 34 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
Bender climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 34 | 6.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 31 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 40 | 8.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 46 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 63 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.4°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 45 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 39 | 5.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 36 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 33 | 5.5 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 32 | 6.3 | 8.69 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
- Tiraspol in DecemberMoldova · 12 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Chisinau in DecemberMoldova · 51 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Odesa in DecemberUkraine · 104 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Iaşi in DecemberRomania · 147 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bălţi in DecemberMoldova · 156 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Galaţi in DecemberRomania · 190 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in DecemberUkraine · 192 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Bacău in DecemberRomania · 198 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 36 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 Bender) is explained once on the Bender year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.