Climate averages 1991–2020
Târgu Mureş weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: 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 Târgu Mureş: daytime highs average 3.1°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bistriţa (66 km away). In December its highs average 2.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Târgu Mureş, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Târgu Mureş ranks joint 18th of 27 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Târgu Mureş is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 2.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 32 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
Târgu Mureş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.0°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 32 | 8.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 4.6°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 32 | 8.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 9.6°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 45 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 61 | 11.2 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 81 | 13.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 23.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 97 | 13.6 | 15.816 h |
| July | 25.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 83 | 12.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 77 | 9.9 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.7°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 70 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 52 | 8.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.0°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 39 | 8.3 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 3.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 41 | 8.6 | 8.79 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
- Bistriţa in DecemberRomania · 66 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -4.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Cluj-Napoca in DecemberRomania · 77 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Sibiu in DecemberRomania · 88 kmHigh 3.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 51 mm rain
- Braşov in DecemberRomania · 128 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Piatra Neamţ in DecemberRomania · 142 kmHigh 1.9°C · Low -5.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Baia Mare in DecemberRomania · 145 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Râmnicu Vâlcea in DecemberRomania · 161 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 61 mm rain
- Suceava in DecemberRomania · 176 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -5.0°C · 33 mm precipitation
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 Târgu Mureş) is explained once on the Târgu Mureş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.