Climate averages 1991–2020
Astana weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Astana: daytime highs average -8.7°C and nights cool to about -15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 59 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Temirtau (165 km away). In December its highs average -8.9°C, about as warm as Astana, with 22 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Astana ranks joint 21st of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Astana is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to -10.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 21 mm to 14 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
Astana climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.8°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 14 | 4.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.8°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 15 | 4.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | -1.1°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 20 | 6.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.7°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 25 | 6.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 35 | 7.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 45 | 8.6 | 16.516 h |
| July | 25.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 34 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 17.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 25 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 26 | 6.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 26 | 6.5 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | -8.7°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 21 | 6.3 | 8.08 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
- Temirtau in DecemberKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.8°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in DecemberKazakhstan · 193 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -15.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in DecemberKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -14.8°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in DecemberKazakhstan · 275 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.7°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in DecemberKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Petropavl in DecemberKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh -9.7°C · Low -15.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Omsk in DecemberRussia · 443 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -16.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in DecemberKazakhstan · 463 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -13.1°C · 17 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 Astana) is explained once on the Astana year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.