Climate averages 1991–2020
Warsaw weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Warsaw: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Praga Południe (5 km away). In December its highs average 2.1°C, about as warm as Warsaw, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Warsaw ranks joint 49th of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 18th of 60 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Warsaw is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 0.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 40 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
Warsaw climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.6°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 40 | 10.2 | 8.38 h |
| February | 2.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 37 | 9.7 | 9.910 h |
| March | 6.9°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 42 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 46 | 9.8 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 12.0 | 15.716 h |
| June | 21.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 68 | 11.7 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 12.6 | 16.316 h |
| August | 23.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 65 | 10.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.2°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 57 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.2°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 45 | 9.4 | 10.711 h |
| November | 6.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 40 | 9.2 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | 2.0°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 42 | 9.9 | 7.88 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
- Praga Południe in DecemberPoland · 5 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Bielany in DecemberPoland · 9 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Białołeka in DecemberPoland · 11 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Wawer in DecemberPoland · 12 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Siedlce in DecemberPoland · 87 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Radom in DecemberPoland · 92 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Płock in DecemberPoland · 95 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Łódź in DecemberPoland · 117 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.2°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 Warsaw) is explained once on the Warsaw year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Praga Południe, Bielany and Białołeka lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.