Climate averages 1991–2020
Kielce weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kielce: daytime highs average 1.7°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski (54 km away). In December its highs average 2.0°C, about as warm as Kielce, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Kielce ranks joint 54th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 60 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Kielce is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 38 mm to 39 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
Kielce climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 39 | 10.2 | 8.58 h |
| February | 2.0°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 36 | 9.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | 6.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 44 | 10.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 50 | 10.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 74 | 13.0 | 15.515 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 77 | 12.9 | 16.416 h |
| July | 23.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 90 | 13.6 | 16.016 h |
| August | 23.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 65 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 63 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.3°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 49 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 6.4°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 39 | 9.5 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 1.7°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 38 | 9.3 | 8.08 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
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in DecemberPoland · 54 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Radom in DecemberPoland · 69 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Piotrków Trybunalski in DecemberPoland · 88 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Tarnów in DecemberPoland · 99 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Kraków in DecemberPoland · 102 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -3.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Częstochowa in DecemberPoland · 106 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Dąbrowa Górnicza in DecemberPoland · 117 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Jaworzno in DecemberPoland · 121 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 45 mm precipitation
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 Kielce) is explained once on the Kielce year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.