Kaposvár weather in December

In December, Kaposvár sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 56 mm of precipitation across 9.3 wet days and about 8.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 5°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 42 min at the start of December to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kaposvár's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaposvár's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
56 mm
9.3 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:32 AM – 3:57 PM
Cloud cover
71%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
1.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kaposvár is city in Hungary.

Founded
~950 CE

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 5°C in the first days to 3°C by the end.

A typical December day in Kaposvár reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -1°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 10°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and on par with January.

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How December really feels in Kaposvár

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.

Kaposvár 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 / -2°397.23.48.80.0
Feb / -1°468.53.5100.5
Mar11° / 509.41.811.62.9
Apr17° / 539.90.313.35.3
May21° / 11°7612014.76.3
Jun25° / 15°8211.4015.56.6
Jul27° / 16°7110.5015.26.6
Aug27° / 16°7090146.9
Sep22° / 12°749012.46.8
Oct16° / 628.20.110.75.3
Nov10° / 619.41.59.22.1
Dec / -1°569.338.50.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42872
52872
62872
72872
82971
92971
103070
113070
123169
133169
143268
153268
163268
173268
183367
193466
203466
213466
223565
233565
243664
253565
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283763
293763
303664
313763

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kaposvár gets around 56 mm of rain and snow over 9.3 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 30% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1317
2317
3318
4318
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6318
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9319
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312811

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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30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 10 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 42 min at the start of December to 8 h 24 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 7:18 AM to 7:39 AM, and sunset from 3:59 PM to 4:05 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.77:183:59
28.67:203:58
38.67:213:58
48.67:223:58
58.67:233:57
68.67:243:57
78.57:253:57
88.57:263:57
98.57:273:57
108.57:283:57
118.57:293:57
128.57:293:57
138.47:303:57
148.47:313:57
158.47:323:57
168.47:323:57
178.47:333:58
188.47:343:58
198.47:343:58
208.47:353:59
218.47:353:59
228.47:364:00
238.47:364:00
248.47:374:01
258.47:374:01
268.47:384:02
278.47:384:02
288.47:384:03
298.47:384:04
308.47:384:05
318.47:394:05

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.06 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.06 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.06 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.1Dim
21.1Dim
31.1Dim
41.1Dim
51.1Dim
61.1Dim
71.1Dim
81.1Dim
91.1Dim
101.1Dim
111.1Dim
121.1Dim
131.0Dim
141.0Dim
151.0Dim
161.0Dim
171.0Dim
181.0Dim
191.0Dim
201.0Dim
211.0Dim
221.1Dim
231.1Dim
241.1Dim
251.1Dim
261.1Dim
271.1Dim
281.1Dim
291.1Dim
301.1Dim
311.1Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Kaposvár?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kaposvár.

What to pack for Kaposvár in December

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

In December, Kaposvár sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Kaposvár 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 Kaposvár peaks around July 17 at about 8 (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 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowJul 17UV 8Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr7High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kaposvár?

Kaposvár sits at 46.4°N, 17.8°E, 144 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Dombóvár, 26 km away.

KomlóPecsKeszthelyNagykanizsaSiófokTapolcaSzekszárd

Topography around Kaposvár

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaposvár has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 77 m around an average of 148 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 603 m.

The land around Kaposvár is covered by trees (34%) and artificial surfaces (32%) within 3 km, cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
77 m
16 km
187 m
80 km
603 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Dombóvár 26 km · Komló 41 km · Pecs 46 km · Keszthely 62 km · Nagykanizsa 63 km · Siófok 63 km · Tapolca 63 km · Szekszárd 70 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$25,907
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 590
Religion
no answer 40%Catholic 30%none 16%Calvinist 10%

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 Kaposvár (46.3667°, 17.8°, elevation 144 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).