Climate averages 1991–2020
Maribor weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Maribor: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Graz (59 km away). In December its highs average 3.6°C, 1.2°C cooler than Maribor, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Slovenia, Maribor ranks 1st of 2 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 2 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 2 cities is 4.5°C; Maribor is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 38 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
Maribor climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 38 | 6.8 | 9.09 h |
| February | 6.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 50 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 59 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 99 | 12.8 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.0°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 107 | 13.0 | 15.816 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 104 | 11.9 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 108 | 11.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 20.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 111 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.7°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 77 | 9.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 9.9°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 77 | 9.3 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 4.8°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 62 | 8.6 | 8.79 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
- Graz in DecemberAustria · 59 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -4.0°C · 45 mm rain
- Zagreb in DecemberCroatia · 86 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.2°C · 68 mm rain
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee in DecemberAustria · 103 kmHigh 3.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Ljubljana in DecemberSlovenia · 104 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -1.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Szombathely in DecemberHungary · 105 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -2.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Rijeka in DecemberCroatia · 165 kmHigh 7.7°C · Low 2.0°C · 169 mm rain
- Trieste in DecemberItaly · 176 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low 2.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Vienna in DecemberAustria · 192 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 Maribor) is explained once on the Maribor year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.