Climate averages 1991–2020
Petropavl weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th 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 Petropavl: daytime highs average -9.7°C and nights cool to about -15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 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 19 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kokshetau (177 km away). In December its highs average -8.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Petropavl, with 17 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Petropavl ranks 26th 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; Petropavl is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to -12.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 21 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
Petropavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 15 | 5.1 | 7.98 h |
| February | -9.6°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 14 | 4.9 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.7°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 21 | 6.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.0°C-0.9°C | -0.9°C | 30 | 6.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 39 | 8.0 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 55 | 10.2 | 17.217 h |
| July | 23.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.015 h |
| September | 14.9°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 38 | 8.1 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.7°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.7°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 29 | 7.8 | 8.58 h |
| December, selected | -9.7°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 21 | 6.7 | 7.37 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
- Kokshetau in DecemberKazakhstan · 177 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -14.8°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in DecemberRussia · 250 kmHigh -9.5°C · Low -15.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Omsk in DecemberRussia · 270 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -16.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tyumen in DecemberRussia · 339 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -16.4°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in DecemberRussia · 372 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -15.1°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in DecemberRussia · 374 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Kostanay in DecemberKazakhstan · 405 kmHigh -8.8°C · Low -15.2°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Astana in DecemberKazakhstan · 438 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.4°C · 21 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 Petropavl) is explained once on the Petropavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.