Szczecinek weather in December

In December, Szczecinek sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -1°C, with 51 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-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 8% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Szczecinek's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Szczecinek's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
-1°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
51 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
8:13 AM – 3:26 PM
Cloud cover
83%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Szczecinek is city and urban gmina of Poland.

Air quality
Moderate
PM2.5 12.8 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
792/km²
people per km²
Founded
1310

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 Szczecinek reaches about 2°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 -3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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113-1
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How December really feels in Szczecinek

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.

Szczecinek weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -3°5011.15.47.80.0
Feb / -3°409.85.29.40.0
Mar / -1°4910.63.711.50.5
Apr12° / 409.60.913.73.2
May17° / 6511.7015.65.1
Jun20° / 11°7212.9016.75.7
Jul22° / 13°9013.1016.36.1
Aug22° / 13°7712.6014.66.2
Sep17° / 5710.4012.55.3
Oct12° / 52110.210.32.9
Nov / 429.81.98.30.5
Dec / -1°51114.87.30.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21684
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Szczecinek gets around 51 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 36% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313616

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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Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
416light breeze
516light breeze
616light breeze
716light breeze
816light breeze
916light breeze
1016light breeze
1116light breeze
1216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:56 AM to 8:19 AM, and sunset from 3:30 PM to 3:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.67:563:30
27.57:573:29
37.57:593:29
47.58:003:28
57.48:013:28
67.48:033:27
77.48:043:27
87.48:053:26
97.38:063:26
107.38:073:26
117.38:093:26
127.38:103:26
137.28:103:25
147.28:113:25
157.28:123:26
167.28:133:26
177.28:143:26
187.28:153:26
197.28:153:26
207.28:163:27
217.28:163:27
227.28:173:27
237.28:173:28
247.28:183:28
257.28:183:29
267.28:183:30
277.28:193:30
287.28:193:31
297.28:193:32
307.28:193:33
317.28:193:34

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.45 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.45 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.45 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 Szczecinek?

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 Szczecinek.

What to pack for Szczecinek in December

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

In December, Szczecinek sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -1°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Szczecinek in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Szczecinek peaks around June 18 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 18UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun6High
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Szczecinek 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 Szczecinek is worst in April — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Szczecinek's WHO annual average of 12.8 µg/m³.

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 1317 µg/m³Dec 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Szczecinek?

Szczecinek sits at 53.7°N, 16.7°E, 139 m above sea level, in Poland. The nearest listed city is Złotów, 44 km away.

ZłotówWałczChojniceBiałogardŚwidwinPiłaKoszalinBytów

Topography around Szczecinek

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Szczecinek has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 144 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 119 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 263 m.

The land around Szczecinek is covered by trees (31%), grassland (23%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, trees (51%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
119 m
80 km
263 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Złotów 44 km · Wałcz 50 km · Chojnice 56 km · Białogard 57 km · Świdwin 61 km · Piła 62 km · Koszalin 64 km · Bytów 73 km

Poland travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$28,420
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
9.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Very high
EF EPI 600
Religion
Roman Catholic 71%refused to answer 21%no religion 7%

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 Szczecinek (53.7079°, 16.6994°, elevation 139 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).