Climate averages 1991–2020
Brăila weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Brăila: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Galaţi (19 km away). In December its highs average 4.2°C, about as warm as Brăila, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Brăila ranks joint 10th of 27 for the warmest December highs and 7th of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Brăila is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 2.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 39 mm to 35 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
Brăila climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.9°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 35 | 5.9 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 27 | 5.4 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 41 | 7.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.9°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 42 | 8.0 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.6°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 60 | 9.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 43 | 7.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 34 | 5.4 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 41 | 5.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 43 | 5.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.2°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 35 | 5.8 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 39 | 6.1 | 8.89 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
- Galaţi in DecemberRomania · 19 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Buzău in DecemberRomania · 90 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Constanţa in DecemberRomania · 132 kmHigh 6.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Ploieşti in DecemberRomania · 158 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Bacău in DecemberRomania · 166 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Bucharest in DecemberRomania · 174 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Braşov in DecemberRomania · 189 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Chisinau in DecemberMoldova · 205 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 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 Brăila) is explained once on the Brăila year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.