Climate averages 1991–2020
Leskovac weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Leskovac: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Niš (36 km away). In December its highs average 5.7°C, about as warm as Leskovac, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Leskovac ranks joint 6th of 13 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 5.5°C; Leskovac is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 4.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 47 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
Leskovac climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.7°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 47 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 45 | 9.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 61 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 67 | 10.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.9°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 70 | 11.7 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.9°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 59 | 9.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 45 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 6.5 | 13.914 h |
| September | 23.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 41 | 6.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.8°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 46 | 7.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 8.0 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 5.6°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 57 | 10.2 | 9.19 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
- Niš in DecemberSerbia · 36 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -1.5°C · 50 mm rain
- Pristina in DecemberKosovo · 73 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Kruševac in DecemberSerbia · 82 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in DecemberKosovo · 89 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Kumanovo in DecemberNorth Macedonia · 98 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Pernik in DecemberBulgaria · 99 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Suva Reka in DecemberKosovo · 116 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.3°C · 77 mm rain
- Sofia in DecemberBulgaria · 117 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -2.4°C · 45 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 Leskovac) is explained once on the Leskovac year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.