Climate averages 1991–2020
Timişoara 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 Timişoara: daytime highs average 4.9°C and nights cool to about -1.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 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 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Arad (48 km away). In December its highs average 4.6°C, about as warm as Timişoara, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 27 cities listed in Romania, Timişoara ranks 4th of 27 for the warmest December highs and 19th of 27 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 27 cities is 3.8°C; Timişoara is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 41 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
Timişoara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 41 | 8.8 | 9.19 h |
| February | 6.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 42 | 9.1 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.6°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 61 | 10.1 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 69 | 12.4 | 14.915 h |
| June | 25.8°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 82 | 11.8 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 69 | 10.1 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 60 | 8.1 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 58 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.8°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 49 | 8.4 | 9.510 h |
| December, selected | 4.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 52 | 9.5 | 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
- Arad in DecemberRomania · 48 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -1.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Reşiţa in DecemberRomania · 72 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Zrenjanin in DecemberSerbia · 78 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Szeged in DecemberHungary · 100 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Pančevo in DecemberSerbia · 108 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Belgrade in DecemberSerbia · 121 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Novi Sad in DecemberSerbia · 122 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Novi Beograd in DecemberSerbia · 123 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 51 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 Timişoara) is explained once on the Timişoara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.