Climate averages 1991–2020
Rzeszów weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Rzeszów: daytime highs average 1.7°C and nights cool to about -2.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tarnów (72 km away). In December its highs average 2.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Rzeszów, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Rzeszów ranks joint 54th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 50th of 60 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Rzeszów is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 0.4°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 46 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
Rzeszów climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.4°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 47 | 11.7 | 8.69 h |
| February | 2.3°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 47 | 11.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 7.2°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 51 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.9°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 92 | 14.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 88 | 13.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 105 | 14.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 71 | 11.7 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 78 | 10.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.9°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 59 | 10.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 7.0°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 50 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | 1.7°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 46 | 10.7 | 8.28 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
- Tarnów in DecemberPoland · 72 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 44 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in DecemberPoland · 104 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski in DecemberPoland · 108 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Prešov in DecemberSlovakia · 128 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Drohobych in DecemberUkraine · 133 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 53 mm precipitation
- Kielce in DecemberPoland · 134 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -2.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Lublin in DecemberPoland · 140 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Lviv in DecemberUkraine · 147 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 46 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 Rzeszów) is explained once on the Rzeszów year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.