Climate averages 1991–2020
Szczecin weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Szczecin: daytime highs average 3.6°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Stargard (35 km away). In December its highs average 3.4°C, about as warm as Szczecin, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Szczecin ranks joint 1st of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 50th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Szczecin is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 2.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 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
Szczecin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.8 | 8.18 h |
| February | 3.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 36 | 9.0 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.6°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 44 | 10.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 38 | 9.3 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.7°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 55 | 11.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 61 | 10.8 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 75 | 11.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| September | 18.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.8°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 48 | 9.9 | 10.611 h |
| November | 7.1°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 40 | 10.1 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | 3.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 46 | 11.0 | 7.68 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
- Stargard in DecemberPoland · 35 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Gorzów Wielkopolski in DecemberPoland · 89 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -0.5°C · 45 mm rain
- Berlin in DecemberGermany · 126 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Koszalin in DecemberPoland · 136 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -0.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Piła in DecemberPoland · 148 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Potsdam in DecemberGermany · 152 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Rostock in DecemberGermany · 175 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Zielona Góra in DecemberPoland · 178 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -1.0°C · 43 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 Szczecin) is explained once on the Szczecin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.