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Visiting Makarska in December

BySunMed Guide

Visiting Makarska in December

Weather in December: Average high 11.3°C, 135.6mm rainfall.

# Makarska in December: Pretty Much Empty, Occasionally Lovely

Let’s be straight with you – Makarska in December is basically a ghost town. The famous Riva promenade, which spends summer absolutely heaving with sunburned tourists eating overpriced ice cream, belongs almost entirely to you and a handful of locals walking their dogs. If you find that thought appealing rather than depressing, you might actually enjoy this.

The weather is genuinely mixed. That 11-degree average feels fine when the sun comes out and you’re sitting in a sheltered café with a coffee, but the rain is real and meaningful. Over 135mm across the month means you’ll almost certainly have at least a few grey, wet days where the Biokovo mountain looms dramatically behind the town and everything feels properly melancholy. Some people find that beautiful. Others find it miserable. Know which type you are before booking.

What’s actually open is limited. Most restaurants shut completely or run skeleton hours. Some hotels close. The beach bars are shuttered, the excursion boats are dry-docked. You’re looking at a handful of year-round locals’ places – a konoba here, a bakery there. The town doesn’t pretend to be a resort in December, which is honestly refreshing if you’ve spent any time there in August.

Is it worth visiting? For certain people, genuinely yes. If you’re a hiker, the Biokovo mountain trails are accessible and dramatically uncrowded, with fresh air and occasionally spectacular winter light. If you want somewhere cheap and quiet to decompress, write, read, or just breathe, the off-season Dalmatian coast does that really well. Prices drop significantly. Nobody is trying to hustle you.

It’s absolutely not worth it if you need warmth, reliable sunshine, open restaurants, nightlife, or beach activities. You’ll be bored and annoyed within two days.

**Practical tip:** Don’t rely on finding food easily – check which restaurants are actually operating before you arrive, message them directly, and don’t assume somewhere that looks open on Google Maps is genuinely running a full kitchen in December. Turning up hungry in a closed resort town gets old fast.

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