Climate averages 1991–2020
Kumanovo weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kumanovo: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -0.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (28 km away). In December its highs average 7.2°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kumanovo, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Kumanovo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 6.6°C; Kumanovo is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 5.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 54 mm to 41 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
Kumanovo 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-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 41 | 8.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 7.8°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 40 | 7.3 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.2°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 54 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.1°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 58 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.4°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 53 | 10.8 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 41 | 8.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 27 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| August | 30.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 26 | 5.2 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.7°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 46 | 6.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 8.1 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 54 | 8.7 | 9.29 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
- Skopje in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Pristina in DecemberKosovo · 75 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Suva Reka in DecemberKosovo · 78 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 81 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Prilep in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Leskovac in DecemberSerbia · 98 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in DecemberKosovo · 109 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Gjakovë in DecemberKosovo · 109 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 87 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 Kumanovo) is explained once on the Kumanovo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.