Climate averages 1991–2020
Bistriţa weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Bistriţa: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Mureş (66 km away). In December its highs average 3.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Bistriţa, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Bistriţa ranks 24th of 27 for the warmest December highs and 23rd of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Bistriţa is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 64 mm to 52 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
Bistriţa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 52 | 10.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 3.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 52 | 10.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 66 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 70 | 12.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 19.4°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 14.9 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 95 | 14.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.3°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 93 | 14.2 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.4°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 73 | 11.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 19.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 76 | 10.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.9°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 69 | 9.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.9°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 55 | 10.3 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 64 | 11.0 | 8.69 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
- Târgu Mureş in DecemberRomania · 66 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in DecemberRomania · 80 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Baia Mare in DecemberRomania · 91 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in DecemberRomania · 141 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Suceava in DecemberRomania · 143 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Satu Mare in DecemberRomania · 144 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Sibiu in DecemberRomania · 151 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Chernivtsi in DecemberUkraine · 167 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 34 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 Bistriţa) is explained once on the Bistriţa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.