Climate averages 1991–2020
Oradea weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Oradea: daytime highs average 4.2°C and nights cool to about -1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 5th 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 Debrecen (58 km away). In December its highs average 3.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Oradea, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Oradea ranks joint 13th of 27 for the warmest December highs and joint 20th of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Oradea is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 3.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 59 mm to 45 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
Oradea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 45 | 9.6 | 9.09 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 49 | 10.0 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 53 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.5°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 68 | 11.4 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 84 | 12.2 | 15.816 h |
| July | 26.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 79 | 10.7 | 15.515 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 60 | 8.4 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 59 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 54 | 9.2 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 4.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 59 | 9.9 | 8.69 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
- Debrecen in DecemberHungary · 58 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in DecemberHungary · 102 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Arad in DecemberRomania · 106 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Satu Mare in DecemberRomania · 110 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 59 mm rain
- Szolnok in DecemberHungary · 131 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -1.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in DecemberRomania · 131 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Baia Mare in DecemberRomania · 142 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Miskolc in DecemberHungary · 145 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 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 Oradea) is explained once on the Oradea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.