Climate averages 1991–2020
Tiraspol weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Tiraspol: daytime highs average 3.2°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd 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 Bender (12 km away). In December its highs average 3.2°C, about as warm as Tiraspol, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in Moldova, Tiraspol ranks joint 1st of 4 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 4 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 4 cities is 2.9°C; Tiraspol is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 1.6°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 31 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
Tiraspol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 34 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.1°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 26 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 31 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 38 | 7.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 45 | 9.0 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 60 | 9.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.5°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 42 | 7.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 37 | 5.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.2°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 42 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 35 | 5.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.4°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 32 | 5.4 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 31 | 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
- Bender in DecemberMoldova · 12 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Chisinau in DecemberMoldova · 61 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Odesa in DecemberUkraine · 94 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -0.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Iaşi in DecemberRomania · 158 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bălţi in DecemberMoldova · 164 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in DecemberUkraine · 180 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Galaţi in DecemberRomania · 198 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Bacău in DecemberRomania · 209 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 Tiraspol) is explained once on the Tiraspol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.