Hostivař weather in December

In December, Hostivař sees average daytime highs of 3°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 41 mm of precipitation across 9.5 wet days and about 7.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 2°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Hostivař's 11th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Hostivař's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
41 mm
9.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
8:02 AM – 3:54 PM
Cloud cover
74%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 2°C by the end.

A typical December day in Hostivař reaches about 3°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 9°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Hostivař

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
wind chill below the day's low

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Hostivař weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°379.65.18.30.0
Feb / -2°318.23.89.70.0
Mar / 4310.82.911.51.5
Apr14° / 389.50.613.54.1
May19° / 6812.8015.15.6
Jun22° / 12°7912.3016.16.2
Jul24° / 14°8012.8015.76.5
Aug24° / 14°7310.8014.36.7
Sep19° / 10°568.9012.46.1
Oct13° / 449.50.210.53.6
Nov / 408.91.68.80.9
Dec / -1°419.54.17.90.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12377
22377
32476
42476
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72476
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112575
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Hostivař gets around 41 mm of rain and snow over 9.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22910
32910
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Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612light breeze
712light breeze
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912light breeze
1012light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 12 min at the start of December to 7 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:47 AM to 8:08 AM, and sunset from 3:57 PM to 4:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:473:57
28.17:483:56
38.17:493:56
48.17:503:55
58.17:513:55
68.07:533:55
78.07:543:54
88.07:553:54
98.07:563:54
108.07:573:54
117.97:583:54
127.97:593:54
137.98:003:54
147.98:003:54
157.98:013:54
167.98:023:54
177.98:033:54
187.98:033:55
197.98:043:55
207.88:053:55
217.88:053:56
227.88:063:56
237.88:063:57
247.88:063:57
257.98:073:58
267.98:073:58
277.98:073:59
287.98:084:00
297.98:084:01
307.98:084:01
317.98:084:02

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.75 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Hostivař?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Hostivař.

What to pack for Hostivař in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Hostivař sees daytime highs around 3°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Hostivař in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hostivař peaks around June 21 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighHighModerateLowJun 21UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Hostivař in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Hostivař is worst in April — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 1022 µg/m³Dec 1515 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Hostivař?

Hostivař sits at 50.0°N, 14.5°E, 249 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Háje, 1.0 km away.

Topography around Hostivař

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Hostivař.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Hostivař has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 269 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 344 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 800 m.

The land around Hostivař is covered by artificial surfaces (48%) and trees (35%) within 3 km, trees (33%), cropland (33%) and artificial surfaces (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (43%) and trees (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
108 m
16 km
344 m
80 km
800 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Háje 1.0 km · Záběhlice 2.0 km · Chodov 2.0 km · Horní Měcholupy 3.0 km · Staré Strašnice 3.0 km · Michle 4.0 km · Vršovice 5.0 km · Krč 6.0 km

Czechia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 59% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$35,917
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
5.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 582
Religion
none 48%believers unaffiliated with a religious society 9%Roman Catholic 7%other believers belonging to a church or religious society 6%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Hostivař (50.0486°, 14.5244°, elevation 249 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).