Climate averages 1991–2020
Barysaw weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Barysaw: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -4.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Minsk (71 km away). In December its highs average -1.2°C, about as warm as Barysaw, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Barysaw ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 18 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is -0.7°C; Barysaw is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to -2.8°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 39 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Barysaw climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 39 | 9.8 | 8.08 h |
| February | -2.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 35 | 9.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 3.1°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 39 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.5°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 46 | 9.4 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 65 | 12.1 | 16.016 h |
| June | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 75 | 12.6 | 17.117 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 86 | 13.4 | 16.617 h |
| August | 21.9°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 68 | 10.7 | 14.915 h |
| September | 16.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 56 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 53 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| November | 3.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 43 | 9.5 | 8.69 h |
| December, selected | -1.1°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 39 | 10.0 | 7.47 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Minsk in DecemberBelarus · 71 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.0°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in DecemberBelarus · 108 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Mahilyow in DecemberBelarus · 125 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Orsha in DecemberBelarus · 127 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Bobruysk in DecemberBelarus · 129 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -4.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in DecemberBelarus · 141 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -4.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Novopolotsk in DecemberBelarus · 144 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Vitebsk in DecemberBelarus · 153 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -5.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Barysaw) is explained once on the Barysaw year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.