Climate averages 1991–2020
Piatra Neamţ weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: 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 Piatra Neamţ: daytime highs average 1.9°C and nights cool to about -5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bacău (59 km away). In December its highs average 2.9°C, 1.1°C warmer than Piatra Neamţ, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Piatra Neamţ ranks 26th of 27 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 27 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Piatra Neamţ is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 mm to 29 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
Piatra Neamţ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 29 | 6.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | 2.6°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 30 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 6.9°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 51 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 69 | 12.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 90 | 14.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 21.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 116 | 15.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 23.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 115 | 14.8 | 15.515 h |
| August | 23.3°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 85 | 12.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 18.6°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 64 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.1°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.2°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 35 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 1.9°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 37 | 7.5 | 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
- Bacău in DecemberRomania · 59 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -3.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Suceava in DecemberRomania · 80 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Botoşani in DecemberRomania · 96 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -3.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Iaşi in DecemberRomania · 100 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Bistriţa in DecemberRomania · 141 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Târgu Mureş in DecemberRomania · 142 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Braşov in DecemberRomania · 152 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Bălţi in DecemberMoldova · 153 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.0°C · 33 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 Piatra Neamţ) is explained once on the Piatra Neamţ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.