Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhanaozen weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Zhanaozen: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aktau (141 km away). In December its highs average 4.6°C, 1.9°C warmer than Zhanaozen, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Kazakhstan, Zhanaozen ranks 5th of 26 for the warmest December highs and joint 1st of 26 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 26 cities is -3.8°C; Zhanaozen is 6.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 1.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 13 mm to 11 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
Zhanaozen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 10 | 2.5 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.4°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 18 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.3°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 23 | 4.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 25.4°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 19 | 3.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 31.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 12 | 2.6 | 15.315 h |
| July | 34.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 9.9 | 2.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 32.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.2 | 1.3 | 14.014 h |
| September | 25.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.1 | 1.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 11 | 2.5 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.0°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 14 | 3.2 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 2.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 9.09 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
- Aktau in DecemberKazakhstan · 141 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low 0.0°C · 15 mm rain
- Türkmenbaşy in DecemberTurkmenistan · 369 kmHigh 8.6°C · Low 4.4°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Derbent in DecemberRussia · 400 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Sumgayit in DecemberAzerbaijan · 404 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Qaraçuxur in DecemberAzerbaijan · 405 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Baku in DecemberAzerbaijan · 411 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 6.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Khirdalan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 412 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Atyrau in DecemberKazakhstan · 425 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 16 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 Zhanaozen) is explained once on the Zhanaozen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.