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Visiting Mljet in December

BySunMed Guide

Visiting Mljet in December

Weather in December: Average high 9.5°C, 138.1mm rainfall.

# Mljet in December: Pretty Quiet, Pretty Wet

Let’s be honest with you upfront: December is not Mljet’s finest hour. The island, which genuinely earns its reputation as one of the most beautiful in the Adriatic, looks a bit forgotten in winter. Ferry services thin out dramatically, most restaurants and accommodation in Pomena and Polače have pulled down their shutters until spring, and you’re looking at an average of nearly 140mm of rain across the month. That’s a lot of rain. It doesn’t fall every day, but when it comes, it comes properly.

The temperature sits around 9-10°C, which is mild enough for walking if you’re dressed for it, but nobody is swimming. The famous saltwater lakes inside the national park are still there and still beautiful, but the boats to the island monastery stop running in the off-season, so that postcard moment stays out of reach.

**What actually stays open** is limited. The national park technically remains accessible, and the walking trails around the lakes are free in winter since the entrance fee collection has packed up. A handful of locals keep small shops going in Babino Polje. That’s roughly your lot.

**Crowds? Essentially none.** You could walk the full lake circuit and encounter almost nobody. If that’s your thing, genuinely, this has appeal.

**Worth visiting?** For most people, no. If you’re combining it with Dubrovnik, which is only 1.5 hours by fast ferry (when it runs, which in December is infrequently), you might squeeze in a day trip and find the quiet version of the island strangely moving. Photographers and writers who want solitude and don’t mind grey skies sometimes love it. Families, beach lovers, anyone wanting to eat well and explore freely – wait until May.

**One practical tip:** Check the ferry schedule before you do anything else. Not the summer schedule, the actual current one. People have got stranded on Mljet in winter because they assumed a boat was running that simply wasn’t.

Mljet rewards patience. December just tests that patience harder than necessary.

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