Climate averages 1991–2020
Aktau weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Aktau: daytime highs average 4.6°C and nights cool to about 0.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zhanaozen (141 km away). In December its highs average 2.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Aktau, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Aktau ranks 2nd of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Aktau is 8.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 3.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 15 mm to 14 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Aktau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 14 | 4.0 | 9.39 h |
| February | 4.4°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 10 | 3.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 16 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 16 | 3.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 28.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 12 | 2.7 | 15.415 h |
| July | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 9.8 | 2.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 30.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 9.6 | 2.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 13 | 3.1 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.4°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 16 | 3.8 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 4.6°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 15 | 3.9 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Zhanaozen in DecemberKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Derbent in DecemberRussia · 295 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in DecemberRussia · 299 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Makhachkala in DecemberRussia · 307 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Sumgayit in DecemberAzerbaijan · 363 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in DecemberRussia · 373 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Khirdalan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in DecemberAzerbaijan · 376 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
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 Aktau) is explained once on the Aktau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.