Climate averages 1991–2020
Semey weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Semey: daytime highs average -7.6°C and nights cool to about -15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rubtsovsk (139 km away). In December its highs average -8.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Semey, with 33 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Semey ranks 17th of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 13th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Semey is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.3°C to -10.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 22 mm to 16 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
Semey climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.9°C-19.5°C | -19.5°C | 16 | 5.0 | 8.59 h |
| February | -7.8°C-17.4°C | -17.4°C | 17 | 4.6 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 21 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 23 | 5.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 21.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 27.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 29 | 6.8 | 16.416 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 45 | 9.8 | 16.016 h |
| August | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 14.515 h |
| September | 19.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 20 | 5.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 24 | 6.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.2°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 28 | 6.8 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | -7.6°C-15.7°C | -15.7°C | 22 | 7.0 | 8.18 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
- Rubtsovsk in DecemberRussia · 139 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -15.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in DecemberKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -15.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in DecemberKazakhstan · 307 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in DecemberKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.7°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in DecemberRussia · 405 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -17.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Biysk in DecemberRussia · 415 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in DecemberChina · 455 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.2°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Karagandy in DecemberKazakhstan · 514 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -15.3°C · 23 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 Semey) is explained once on the Semey year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.