Climate · Skopje

Skopje in December

Chilly and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Skopje is chilly: highs near 49°F, lows near 32°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 10 minutes.December in Skopje is chilly: highs near 9°C, lows near 0°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 10 minutes.

High
49°F9°Caverage
Low
32°F0°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
9h 10mon average

Is December a good time to visit Skopje?


December sits outside Skopje's best months, which run in two parts: May, or September to October. Expect chilly days and rain or snow on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 49°F in December, against 47°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 9°C in December, against 8°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in December, against 20% to 38% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in December, against 18% to 56% through the year.

Daylight

9h 10m in December, against 9h 10m to 15h 11m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side


  1. November60°16°low 40°low 4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December49°9°low 32°low 0°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January47°8°low 28°low -2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Skopje sits, in December

Europe/Skopje

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:55 AMsets 4:04 PM
Above the sea
240 mlow-lying
Latitude
42.0°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Skopje, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Skopje is our one place in North Macedonia so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Skopje. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (240 m) against the climate model's (383 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (240 m) against the climate model's (383 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.