Climate averages 1991–2020

Lida weather
in December.

A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 0.0°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -3.8°C Night-time mean, December
Precipitation 46 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lida · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Lida: daytime highs average 0.0°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 31 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Vilnius (90 km away). In December its highs average 0.1°C, about as warm as Lida, with 47 mm of precipitation.

Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Lida ranks 4th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 18th of 18 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is -0.7°C; Lida is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -1.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 46 mm to 43 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -10-50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lida climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lida, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -1.6°C-5.9°C-5.9°C4310.68.08 h
February -0.5°C-5.7°C-5.7°C3810.69.710 h
March 4.4°C-2.6°C-2.6°C4110.511.812 h
April 11.9°C2.7°C2.7°C459.814.014 h
May 17.4°C8.3°C8.3°C6711.815.916 h
June 20.8°C12.2°C12.2°C7212.117.017 h
July 22.8°C14.5°C14.5°C9313.116.517 h
August 22.2°C14.0°C14.0°C7511.214.915 h
September 16.8°C9.8°C9.8°C579.812.813 h
October 10.2°C4.7°C4.7°C5610.410.611 h
November 4.2°C0.4°C0.4°C439.78.69 h
December, selected 0.0°C-3.8°C-3.8°C4610.47.58 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

Distance from Lida

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lida) is explained once on the Lida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.