Climate averages 1991–2020
Ust-Kamenogorsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Ust-Kamenogorsk: daytime highs average -6.9°C and nights cool to about -15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th 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 Semey (175 km away). In December its highs average -7.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ust-Kamenogorsk, with 22 mm of precipitation.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Ust-Kamenogorsk ranks 16th of 26 for the warmest December highs and 25th of 26 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Ust-Kamenogorsk is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to -9.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 46 mm to 32 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
Ust-Kamenogorsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -9.2°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 32 | 8.1 | 8.69 h |
| February | -6.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 29 | 7.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 0.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 36 | 8.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 8.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.1°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 52 | 8.4 | 15.415 h |
| June | 25.1°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.6 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 65 | 11.1 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 43 | 7.0 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 37 | 6.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 50 | 8.8 | 10.811 h |
| November | 0.0°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 57 | 10.0 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | -6.9°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 46 | 10.5 | 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
- Semey in DecemberKazakhstan · 175 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -15.7°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Rubtsovsk in DecemberRussia · 198 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -15.6°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Biysk in DecemberRussia · 337 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Tacheng in DecemberChina · 360 kmHigh -2.9°C · Low -11.2°C · 29 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in DecemberRussia · 385 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -17.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Jinshanlu in DecemberChina · 468 kmHigh -7.1°C · Low -17.0°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in DecemberKazakhstan · 469 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Karamay in DecemberChina · 517 kmHigh -6.4°C · Low -12.5°C · 2.6 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 Ust-Kamenogorsk) is explained once on the Ust-Kamenogorsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.