Pest Weather in December
Pest in December
The short of it: Pest in December averages a high of 4 °C (40 °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 October. 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 & October
December in Pest brings afternoons near 4° and nights around -1°, with about 40 mm of rain over the month. Highs fall 5° 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 October.
Against its neighbours, Pest runs warmer than most and wetter than most in December. Erzsébetváros, 1 km to the WNW, sees much the same highs.
December in Pest, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus November
- 5° 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
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
December averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ErzsébetvárosBudapest | 1 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| Budapest VI. kerületBudapest | 1 km WNW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| JózsefvárosBudapest | 1 km SSW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| Budapest VIII. kerületBudapest | 2 km SW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| Budapest V. kerületBudapest | 2 km W | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| FerencvárosBudapest | 3 km SSE | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| ZuglóBudapest | 3 km NE | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |
| ÚjlipótvárosBudapest | 3 km NW | 4° | -1° | 40 mm |