Climate averages 1991–2020
Niš 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 Niš: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leskovac (36 km away). In December its highs average 5.6°C, about as warm as Niš, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Niš ranks joint 4th of 13 for the warmest December highs and joint 2nd of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 5.5°C; Niš is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 50 mm to 43 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
Niš climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 7.2°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 40 | 8.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 12.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 55 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 61 | 10.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 62 | 10.9 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 55 | 9.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 42 | 8.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 32 | 6.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 36 | 6.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 43 | 6.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.8°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 5.7°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 50 | 9.4 | 9.09 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
- Leskovac in DecemberSerbia · 36 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Kruševac in DecemberSerbia · 54 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Pristina in DecemberKosovo · 94 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Mitrovicë in DecemberKosovo · 97 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.0°C · 57 mm rain
- Kraljevo in DecemberSerbia · 108 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Kragujevac in DecemberSerbia · 111 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -1.5°C · 55 mm rain
- Novi Pazar in DecemberSerbia · 115 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -2.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Pernik in DecemberBulgaria · 122 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 49 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 Niš) is explained once on the Niš year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.