Climate averages 1991–2020
Atyrau weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Atyrau: daytime highs average -0.9°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Astrakhan (305 km away). In December its highs average 1.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Atyrau, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Atyrau ranks 10th of 26 for the warmest December highs and 8th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Atyrau is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -2.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 16 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
Atyrau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 15 | 4.9 | 9.09 h |
| February | -1.9°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 13 | 3.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 22 | 4.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 24.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 24 | 5.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 30.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 14 | 3.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 11 | 2.8 | 15.516 h |
| August | 31.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 6.8 | 1.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 9.1 | 2.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 17 | 3.8 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 16 | 4.0 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | -0.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 16 | 4.3 | 8.69 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
- Astrakhan in DecemberRussia · 305 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Aktau in DecemberKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Zhanaozen in DecemberKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Oral in DecemberKazakhstan · 462 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -10.1°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Aktobe in DecemberKazakhstan · 526 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.2°C · 31 mm precipitation
- Volzhsky in DecemberRussia · 561 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Orenburg in DecemberRussia · 568 kmHigh -6.5°C · Low -12.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Makhachkala in DecemberRussia · 574 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.2°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 Atyrau) is explained once on the Atyrau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.