Climate averages 1991–2020
Elbląg weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Elbląg: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gdańsk (54 km away). In December its highs average 3.0°C, about as warm as Elbląg, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Elbląg ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 55th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Elbląg is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 1.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 52 mm to 47 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
Elbląg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 47 | 11.9 | 8.08 h |
| February | 2.3°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 39 | 10.2 | 9.710 h |
| March | 6.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 44 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.9°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.4 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.6°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 10.7 | 16.016 h |
| June | 19.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 68 | 12.0 | 17.117 h |
| July | 22.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 85 | 13.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 75 | 12.1 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.7°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 58 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 60 | 11.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 6.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 10.8 | 8.69 h |
| December, selected | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 52 | 11.6 | 7.57 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
- Gdańsk in DecemberPoland · 54 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -0.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Gdynia in DecemberPoland · 70 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -0.3°C · 52 mm rain
- Olsztyn in DecemberPoland · 82 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -2.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Grudziądz in DecemberPoland · 86 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Kaliningrad in DecemberRussia · 94 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Toruń in DecemberPoland · 137 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -1.4°C · 40 mm rain
- Fordon in DecemberPoland · 138 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Bydgoszcz in DecemberPoland · 147 kmHigh 2.7°C · Low -1.2°C · 39 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 Elbląg) is explained once on the Elbląg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.