Climate averages 1991–2020

Drobeta-Turnu Severin weather
in December.

A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 4.7°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -1.3°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 70 mm 9 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Drobeta-Turnu Severin · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Drobeta-Turnu Severin: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 70 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Târgu Jiu (68 km away). In December its highs average 5.0°C, about as warm as Drobeta-Turnu Severin, with 70 mm of rain.

Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Drobeta-Turnu Severin ranks joint 5th of 27 for the warmest December highs and joint 24th of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Drobeta-Turnu Severin is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 3.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 70 mm to 56 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Drobeta-Turnu Severin climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.8°C-3.0°C-3.0°C568.49.29 h
February 6.1°C-2.0°C-2.0°C508.010.410 h
March 11.3°C1.4°C1.4°C578.611.912 h
April 17.1°C6.2°C6.2°C689.613.413 h
May 22.1°C11.3°C11.3°C7610.214.815 h
June 25.9°C15.3°C15.3°C729.615.516 h
July 28.2°C17.6°C17.6°C667.715.215 h
August 28.3°C17.7°C17.7°C507.014.114 h
September 22.8°C13.3°C13.3°C607.012.613 h
October 16.6°C8.1°C8.1°C648.211.011 h
November 9.8°C3.3°C3.3°C678.99.610 h
December, selected 4.7°C-1.3°C-1.3°C709.18.99 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

Distance from Drobeta-Turnu Severin

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Drobeta-Turnu Severin) is explained once on the Drobeta-Turnu Severin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.