Climate averages 1991–2020
Ploieşti weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Ploieşti: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bucharest (58 km away). In December its highs average 4.3°C, about as warm as Ploieşti, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Ploieşti ranks joint 10th of 27 for the warmest December highs and joint 15th of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Ploieşti is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 3.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 40 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
Ploieşti climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 40 | 7.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 37 | 6.9 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 49 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 59 | 10.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 77 | 12.9 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 85 | 12.9 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 72 | 9.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 26.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 57 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 57 | 7.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 49 | 7.3 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 4.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 49 | 7.5 | 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
- Bucharest in DecemberRomania · 58 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -2.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Buzău in DecemberRomania · 68 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Braşov in DecemberRomania · 84 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Piteşti in DecemberRomania · 91 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -2.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Ruse in DecemberBulgaria · 123 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -1.4°C · 46 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in DecemberRomania · 131 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Brăila in DecemberRomania · 158 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -1.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Galaţi in DecemberRomania · 168 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 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 Ploieşti) is explained once on the Ploieşti year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.