Climate averages 1991–2020
Botoşani weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Botoşani: daytime highs average 2.0°C and nights cool to about -3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suceava (34 km away). In December its highs average 1.8°C, about as warm as Botoşani, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Botoşani ranks 25th of 27 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Botoşani is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 27 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
Botoşani 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-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 27 | 6.6 | 8.99 h |
| February | 3.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 29 | 6.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 8.5°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 41 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.4°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 52 | 9.7 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 66 | 11.5 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 89 | 12.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 92 | 11.9 | 15.616 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 62 | 8.9 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 55 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 45 | 7.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.3°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 35 | 6.1 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 2.0°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 33 | 7.1 | 8.58 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
- Suceava in DecemberRomania · 34 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Chernivtsi in DecemberUkraine · 81 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -4.4°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Bălţi in DecemberMoldova · 94 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Iaşi in DecemberRomania · 96 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in DecemberRomania · 96 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kamyanets-Podilskyi in DecemberUkraine · 103 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Bacău in DecemberRomania · 133 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Bistriţa in DecemberRomania · 177 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.6°C · 64 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 Botoşani) is explained once on the Botoşani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.