Climate averages 1991–2020
Pavlodar weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Pavlodar: daytime highs average -8.9°C and nights cool to about -15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ekibastuz (128 km away). In December its highs average -7.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Pavlodar, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Pavlodar ranks joint 24th of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 6th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Pavlodar is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.2°C to -12.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 15 mm to 11 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
Pavlodar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.1°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 11 | 3.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | -9.5°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 9.7 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -1.2°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 15 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 19 | 5.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 20.2°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 6.4 | 15.716 h |
| June | 25.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 40 | 8.1 | 16.717 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 60 | 10.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 38 | 7.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 22 | 6.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | -2.0°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | -8.9°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 15 | 5.2 | 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
- Ekibastuz in DecemberKazakhstan · 128 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.7°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Rubtsovsk in DecemberRussia · 303 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -15.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Semey in DecemberKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -15.7°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Temirtau in DecemberKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.8°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Omsk in DecemberRussia · 384 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -16.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in DecemberKazakhstan · 386 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -15.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Astana in DecemberKazakhstan · 399 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in DecemberKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -15.6°C · 46 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 Pavlodar) is explained once on the Pavlodar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.