Climate averages 1991–2020
Košice weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Košice: daytime highs average 1.5°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prešov (32 km away). In December its highs average 1.6°C, about as warm as Košice, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Košice ranks 6th of 6 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 2.3°C; Košice is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 mm to 31 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Košice climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 31 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| February | 3.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 37 | 8.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 41 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 102 | 14.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 99 | 14.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 123 | 14.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 25.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 89 | 11.7 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 69 | 9.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 59 | 8.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 9.29 h |
| December, selected | 1.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 37 | 8.8 | 8.48 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Prešov in DecemberSlovakia · 32 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.3°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Miskolc in DecemberHungary · 77 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Uzhhorod in DecemberUkraine · 77 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.7°C · 65 mm rain
- Nyíregyháza in DecemberHungary · 91 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Nowy Sącz in DecemberPoland · 109 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Mukachevo in DecemberUkraine · 112 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 95 mm rain
- Debrecen in DecemberHungary · 134 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -1.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Tarnów in DecemberPoland · 146 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -2.8°C · 44 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 Košice) is explained once on the Košice year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.