Climate averages 1991–2020
Temirtau 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 Temirtau: daytime highs average -8.9°C and nights cool to about -15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Karagandy (30 km away). In December its highs average -8.4°C, about as warm as Temirtau, with 23 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Temirtau ranks joint 24th 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; Temirtau is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to -11.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 22 mm to 17 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
Temirtau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.2°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 17 | 5.0 | 8.69 h |
| February | -9.2°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 18 | 5.3 | 10.010 h |
| March | -1.7°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 24 | 6.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.4°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 29 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 36 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.1°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 45 | 8.7 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 52 | 10.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 30 | 6.6 | 14.514 h |
| September | 17.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 22 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 28 | 6.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | -2.0°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 27 | 6.7 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | -8.9°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 22 | 6.3 | 8.28 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
- Karagandy in DecemberKazakhstan · 30 kmHigh -8.4°C · Low -15.3°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Astana in DecemberKazakhstan · 165 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -15.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in DecemberKazakhstan · 249 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.7°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in DecemberKazakhstan · 373 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Balqash in DecemberKazakhstan · 387 kmHigh -5.7°C · Low -10.8°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Kokshetau in DecemberKazakhstan · 435 kmHigh -8.7°C · Low -14.8°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Zhezqazghan in DecemberKazakhstan · 458 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -13.1°C · 17 mm precipitation
- Semey in DecemberKazakhstan · 520 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -15.7°C · 22 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 Temirtau) is explained once on the Temirtau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.