Climate averages 1991–2020
Skopje 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 Skopje: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 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 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kumanovo (28 km away). In December its highs average 6.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Skopje, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in North Macedonia, Skopje ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 3 cities is 6.6°C; Skopje is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 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
Skopje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 45 | 8.2 | 9.59 h |
| February | 8.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 43 | 7.6 | 10.611 h |
| March | 13.2°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 56 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.2°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 57 | 9.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 23.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 49 | 10.1 | 14.515 h |
| June | 27.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 38 | 7.8 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.915 h |
| August | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 25.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 51 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 53 | 8.3 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 7.2°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 59 | 9.1 | 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
- Kumanovo in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 28 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Prizren in DecemberKosovo · 62 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 0.4°C · 77 mm rain
- Suva Reka in DecemberKosovo · 64 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Prilep in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 73 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Pristina in DecemberKosovo · 78 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Gjakovë in DecemberKosovo · 93 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in DecemberKosovo · 109 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Leskovac in DecemberSerbia · 119 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 57 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 Skopje) is explained once on the Skopje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.