Climate averages 1991–2020
Kokshetau weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Kokshetau: daytime highs average -8.7°C and nights cool to about -14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Petropavl (177 km away). In December its highs average -9.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kokshetau, with 21 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Kokshetau ranks joint 21st of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 9th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Kokshetau 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 17 mm to 12 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
Kokshetau 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-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.8°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 10 | 3.1 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 10.4°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 41 | 8.6 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 48 | 9.1 | 16.917 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 80 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| August | 22.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 55 | 10.2 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.1°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 32 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 7.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 30 | 7.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | -2.8°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 22 | 5.9 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | -8.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 17 | 5.6 | 7.68 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
- Petropavl in DecemberKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -9.7°C · Low -15.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Astana in DecemberKazakhstan · 273 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Omsk in DecemberRussia · 321 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -16.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in DecemberRussia · 356 kmHigh -9.5°C · Low -15.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in DecemberKazakhstan · 384 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -15.2°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Rudnyy in DecemberKazakhstan · 420 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -15.1°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in DecemberKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.8°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in DecemberKazakhstan · 437 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.7°C · 13 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 Kokshetau) is explained once on the Kokshetau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.