Olomouc weather in December

In December, Olomouc sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -2°C, with 39 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 3°C in the first days to 1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 8 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Olomouc's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Olomouc's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-2°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
39 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
7 h 54 min
7:49 AM – 3:45 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Olomouc is city in Czechia.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 17.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
963/km²
people per km²
Founded
1017

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 3°C in the first days to 1°C by the end.

A typical December day in Olomouc reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -2°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
14-1
23-1
33-1
43-1
53-1
63-1
73-1
83-1
93-2
102-2
112-2
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How December really feels in Olomouc

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.

Olomouc weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°348.85.58.40.0
Feb / -3°307.649.80.0
Mar / 429.42.411.51.4
Apr14° / 428.80.613.44.2
May19° / 7112.7015.15.7
Jun22° / 12°8212.20166.2
Jul24° / 14°9212.9015.66.5
Aug24° / 14°7110.7014.26.8
Sep19° / 10°679.8012.46.0
Oct13° / 488.80.310.53.6
Nov / 438.728.90.9
Dec / -2°398.84.380.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
32080
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Olomouc gets around 39 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 33% on the wettest days, and about 4 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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62812
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283218
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313318

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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24100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
211calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
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912calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:34 AM to 7:55 AM, and sunset from 3:48 PM to 3:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.27:343:48
28.27:353:47
38.27:363:47
48.27:373:47
58.17:383:46
68.17:403:46
78.17:413:46
88.17:423:45
98.07:433:45
108.07:443:45
118.07:453:45
128.07:463:45
138.07:463:45
148.07:473:45
158.07:483:45
167.97:493:45
177.97:503:46
187.97:503:46
197.97:513:46
207.97:513:47
217.97:523:47
227.97:523:47
237.97:533:48
247.97:533:49
257.97:543:49
267.97:543:50
277.97:543:50
287.97:543:51
298.07:553:52
308.07:553:53
318.07:553:53

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.73 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.5 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.73 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Olomouc?

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 Olomouc.

What to pack for Olomouc in December

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

In December, Olomouc sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -2°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Olomouc 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 Olomouc peaks around June 22 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 1 (low).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 22UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Olomouc 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 Olomouc is worst in June — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Olomouc's WHO annual average of 17.8 µg/m³.

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJun 1621 µg/m³Dec 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec14Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Olomouc?

Olomouc sits at 49.6°N, 17.3°E, 223 m above sea level, in Czechia. The nearest listed city is Prostějov, 17 km away.

KroměřížHraniceVyškovŠumperkBruntálOtrokovice

Topography around Olomouc

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Olomouc has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 451 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,324 m.

The land around Olomouc is covered by artificial surfaces (47%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, cropland (61%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
451 m
80 km
1,324 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Prostějov 17 km · Přerov 21 km · Kroměříž 35 km · Hranice 35 km · Vyškov 40 km · Šumperk 46 km · Bruntál 46 km · Otrokovice 48 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 Olomouc (49.5955°, 17.2518°, elevation 223 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).