Climate averages 1991–2020
Novopolotsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Novopolotsk: daytime highs average -1.1°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Polotsk (13 km away). In December its highs average -1.0°C, about as warm as Novopolotsk, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belarus, Novopolotsk ranks joint 13th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 13th of 18 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is -0.7°C; Novopolotsk is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -2.7°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 42 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
Novopolotsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 42 | 10.9 | 7.88 h |
| February | -2.1°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 38 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| March | 3.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 47 | 9.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 64 | 11.7 | 16.216 h |
| June | 20.6°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 76 | 12.7 | 17.417 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 89 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 73 | 11.1 | 15.015 h |
| September | 15.9°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 61 | 9.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 60 | 11.8 | 10.511 h |
| November | 2.8°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 48 | 10.3 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | -1.1°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 42 | 10.2 | 7.27 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
- Polotsk in DecemberBelarus · 13 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -4.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Vitebsk in DecemberBelarus · 109 kmHigh -1.5°C · Low -5.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Daugavpils in DecemberLatvia · 135 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -3.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Barysaw in DecemberBelarus · 144 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -4.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Velikiye Luki in DecemberRussia · 152 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -5.0°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Orsha in DecemberBelarus · 161 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in DecemberBelarus · 174 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Minsk in DecemberBelarus · 192 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.0°C · 39 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 Novopolotsk) is explained once on the Novopolotsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.