Climate averages 1991–2020
Wrocław weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Wrocław: daytime highs average 3.4°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Legnica (62 km away). In December its highs average 3.4°C, about as warm as Wrocław, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Wrocław ranks joint 3rd of 60 for the warmest December highs and joint 12th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 2.4°C; Wrocław is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 2.3°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 41 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
Wrocław climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 41 | 10.9 | 8.58 h |
| February | 4.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 9.1 | 10.010 h |
| March | 8.3°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 48 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 14.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 40 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 61 | 11.5 | 15.516 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 75 | 11.5 | 16.516 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 94 | 12.7 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 65 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 61 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 48 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 40 | 9.3 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 3.4°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 41 | 9.9 | 8.08 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
- Legnica in DecemberPoland · 62 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Wałbrzych in DecemberPoland · 64 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Lubin in DecemberPoland · 67 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Opole in DecemberPoland · 79 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Ostrów Wielkopolski in DecemberPoland · 82 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Jelenia Góra in DecemberPoland · 94 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -2.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Kalisz in DecemberPoland · 104 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Hradec Králové in DecemberCzechia · 130 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 50 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 Wrocław) is explained once on the Wrocław year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.