Climate averages 1991–2020
Brest weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Brest: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Siedlce (98 km away). In December its highs average 1.3°C, about as warm as Brest, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Brest ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 18 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is -0.7°C; Brest is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -0.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 35 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
Brest climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.4°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 35 | 9.0 | 8.38 h |
| February | 1.0°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 35 | 9.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 6.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 41 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.2°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 47 | 10.0 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 73 | 12.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 71 | 12.2 | 16.717 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 84 | 13.0 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 65 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 5.6°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 39 | 9.0 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | 0.9°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 40 | 9.6 | 7.88 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
- Siedlce in DecemberPoland · 98 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -2.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Białystok in DecemberPoland · 120 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.0°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Lublin in DecemberPoland · 124 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Pinsk in DecemberBelarus · 160 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Wawer in DecemberPoland · 174 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Hrodna in DecemberBelarus · 174 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Praga Południe in DecemberPoland · 180 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -2.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Warsaw in DecemberPoland · 185 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.1°C · 42 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 Brest) is explained once on the Brest year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.