Climate averages 1991–2020
Novi Sad 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 Novi Sad: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about -0.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 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 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zrenjanin (45 km away). In December its highs average 5.1°C, about as warm as Novi Sad, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Serbia, Novi Sad ranks joint 10th of 13 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 13 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 13 cities is 5.5°C; Novi Sad is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 4.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 42 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
Novi Sad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 42 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 7.1°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 43 | 8.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.2°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 46 | 9.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 57 | 10.2 | 13.513 h |
| May | 22.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 67 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 78 | 11.6 | 15.616 h |
| July | 28.5°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 63 | 9.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 52 | 8.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 54 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.9°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 51 | 7.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 5.3°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 51 | 9.7 | 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
- Zrenjanin in DecemberSerbia · 45 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 49 mm rain
- Novi Beograd in DecemberSerbia · 68 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Belgrade in DecemberSerbia · 70 kmHigh 5.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Pančevo in DecemberSerbia · 76 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -0.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Osijek in DecemberCroatia · 95 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.8°C · 54 mm rain
- Subotica in DecemberSerbia · 95 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Szeged in DecemberHungary · 114 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -1.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Tuzla in DecemberBosnia and Herzegovina · 122 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.0°C · 77 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 Novi Sad) is explained once on the Novi Sad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.