Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarqant weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th 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 Sarqant: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -10.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Taldykorgan (129 km away). In December its highs average -0.3°C, about as warm as Sarqant, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Sarqant ranks joint 7th of 26 for the warmest December highs and 24th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Sarqant is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -2.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 35 mm to 28 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
Sarqant climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.2°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 28 | 6.4 | 9.29 h |
| February | 0.1°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 30 | 6.7 | 10.410 h |
| March | 5.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 71 | 10.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.9°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 50 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 53 | 8.9 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.0°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 38 | 6.3 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 31 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 41 | 7.2 | 11.011 h |
| November | 5.4°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 50 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | -0.3°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 35 | 7.8 | 8.89 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
- Taldykorgan in DecemberKazakhstan · 129 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 140 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 169 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Bole in DecemberChina · 178 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -11.1°C · 6.5 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 200 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Tacheng in DecemberChina · 277 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.2°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Almaty in DecemberKazakhstan · 339 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Xinyuan in DecemberChina · 345 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -13.5°C · 23 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 Sarqant) is explained once on the Sarqant year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.