Climate averages 1991–2020
Saskatoon weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Saskatoon: daytime highs average -8.0°C and nights cool to about -15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd 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 Regina (235 km away). In December its highs average -6.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Saskatoon, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saskatoon ranks 85th of 86 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 86 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 86 cities is 0.2°C; Saskatoon is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to -10.2°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 12 mm to 15 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
Saskatoon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 15 | 4.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | -7.7°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.4°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 46 | 7.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 87 | 11.9 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 50 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 38 | 5.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 4.7 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -8.0°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 12 | 4.0 | 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
- Regina in DecemberCanada · 235 kmHigh -6.8°C · Low -14.9°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Sherwood Park in DecemberCanada · 472 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -15.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Edmonton in DecemberCanada · 483 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -15.0°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Red Deer in DecemberCanada · 486 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -14.2°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Lethbridge in DecemberCanada · 509 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -8.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Airdrie in DecemberCanada · 516 kmHigh -3.3°C · Low -12.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Calgary in DecemberCanada · 526 kmHigh -2.8°C · Low -12.5°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Winnipeg in DecemberCanada · 711 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -16.4°C · 22 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 Saskatoon) is explained once on the Saskatoon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.