Budapest Weather in December
Budapest in December
The short of it: Budapest in December averages a high of 4 °C (39 °F) and a low of -1 °C (31 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 8 h 28 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are April and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 4° · low -1° · rain 40 mm · daylight 8 h 28 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: April & May
Thirty years of records give Budapest an average December high of 4°, a low of -1° and some 40 mm of rain. Highs fall 6° against November, to near 4°; nights run about -1°. Rain is modest, about 40 mm, the 8th wettest month. The first lasting snow usually comes now.
The sun is up for about 8 h 28 min in mid-December, 46 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack a heavy coat, gloves and a scarf. The Almanac rates December 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are April and May.
Against its neighbours, Budapest runs about middling and wetter than most in December. Budapest I. kerület, 0 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
December in Budapest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 6° colder, 12 mm less rain
- Versus January
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 5°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 8 h 28 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budapest I. kerületBudapest | 0 km SSW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| BudaBudapest | 1 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 41 mm |
| Budapest V. kerületBudapest | 1 km E | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| NaphegyPest County | 2 km SW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| Budapest VI. kerületBudapest | 2 km ENE | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| Budapest XII. kerületBudapest | 2 km WSW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| ÚjlipótvárosBudapest | 2 km NNE | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| ErzsébetvárosBudapest | 2 km E | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |