Climate averages 1991–2020
Nitra weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Nitra: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bratislava (75 km away). In December its highs average 3.6°C, about as warm as Nitra, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Slovakia, Nitra ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 6 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 6 cities is 2.3°C; Nitra is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 2.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 39 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
Nitra climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.7°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 39 | 8.1 | 8.89 h |
| February | 5.4°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 34 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 40 | 8.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 41 | 7.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 67 | 10.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 71 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 72 | 10.5 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 62 | 8.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 60 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 49 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 8.9°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 49 | 9.1 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 43 | 8.4 | 8.48 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
- Bratislava in DecemberSlovakia · 75 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Győr in DecemberHungary · 77 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Banská Bystrica in DecemberSlovakia · 92 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 55 mm rain
- Zlín in DecemberCzechia · 107 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Žilina in DecemberSlovakia · 113 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -3.2°C · 64 mm precipitation
- Budapest in DecemberHungary · 115 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -1.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Székesfehérvár in DecemberHungary · 127 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Vienna in DecemberAustria · 127 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 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 Nitra) is explained once on the Nitra year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.