Climate averages 1991–2020
Wałbrzych weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Wałbrzych: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jelenia Góra (42 km away). In December its highs average 2.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Wałbrzych, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Wałbrzych ranks joint 57th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Wałbrzych is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 45 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
Wałbrzych 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-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 47 | 11.1 | 8.59 h |
| February | 1.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 9.8 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 56 | 12.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.8°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 52 | 11.3 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 87 | 14.0 | 15.515 h |
| June | 19.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 101 | 14.2 | 16.416 h |
| July | 21.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 118 | 15.8 | 16.016 h |
| August | 21.4°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 91 | 12.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 16.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 74 | 11.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.4°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 45 | 9.8 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 45 | 10.8 | 8.18 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
- Jelenia Góra in DecemberPoland · 42 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Legnica in DecemberPoland · 50 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Wrocław in DecemberPoland · 64 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in DecemberCzechia · 70 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Lubin in DecemberPoland · 70 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Liberec in DecemberCzechia · 86 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -1.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Pardubice in DecemberCzechia · 89 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Opole in DecemberPoland · 116 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.8°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 Wałbrzych) is explained once on the Wałbrzych year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.