Climate averages 1991–2020
Prilep 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 Prilep: daytime highs average 6.2°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Skopje (73 km away). In December its highs average 7.2°C, 1.0°C warmer than Prilep, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Prilep ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 6.6°C; Prilep is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 5.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 55 mm to 45 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
Prilep climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 45 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 53 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 54 | 10.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 52 | 10.1 | 14.514 h |
| June | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 31 | 7.3 | 15.115 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 24 | 4.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 21 | 4.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 32 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 49 | 6.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 7.6 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 6.2°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 55 | 8.5 | 9.39 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 · 73 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -0.1°C · 59 mm rain
- Kumanovo in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 89 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 118 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Elbasan in DecemberAlbania · 126 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 2.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Suva Reka in DecemberKosovo · 128 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Évosmos in DecemberGreece · 136 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 3.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Thessaloníki in DecemberGreece · 140 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Tirana in DecemberAlbania · 145 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 4.1°C · 136 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 Prilep) is explained once on the Prilep year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.