Climate averages 1991–2020
Karakol weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Karakol: daytime highs average -3.1°C and nights cool to about -12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Almaty (147 km away). In December its highs average 0.1°C, 3.2°C warmer than Karakol, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Kyrgyzstan, Karakol ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 2 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 2 cities is 0.7°C; Karakol is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to -4.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 mm to 23 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
Karakol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.6°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 23 | 5.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | -1.7°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 23 | 6.5 | 10.511 h |
| March | 3.2°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 9.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 70 | 12.6 | 13.313 h |
| May | 13.8°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 16.2 | 14.615 h |
| June | 17.4°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 94 | 18.3 | 15.215 h |
| July | 19.5°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 97 | 18.5 | 15.015 h |
| August | 19.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 18.0 | 13.914 h |
| September | 15.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 78 | 16.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 9.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 65 | 12.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.0°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 9.3 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | -3.1°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 30 | 7.1 | 9.19 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
- Almaty in DecemberKazakhstan · 147 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -7.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Wensu in DecemberChina · 204 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -6.8°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Aqsu in DecemberChina · 213 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -8.0°C · 3.0 mm precipitation
- Qarasu in DecemberChina · 251 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -10.2°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Huocheng in DecemberChina · 265 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -8.4°C · 13 mm rain
- Taldykorgan in DecemberKazakhstan · 281 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -10.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Ghulja in DecemberChina · 285 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -7.0°C · 19 mm rain
- Tumxuk in DecemberChina · 297 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -6.4°C · 1.3 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 Karakol) is explained once on the Karakol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.