Climate averages 1991–2020
Daugavpils weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Daugavpils: daytime highs average -0.5°C and nights cool to about -3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novopolotsk (135 km away). In December its highs average -1.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Daugavpils, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 2 cities listed in Latvia, Daugavpils 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 0.2°C; Daugavpils is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -2.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 41 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
Daugavpils climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 41 | 11.0 | 7.78 h |
| February | -1.4°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 39 | 9.6 | 9.510 h |
| March | 3.5°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.1°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 45 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 68 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 20.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 78 | 12.7 | 17.517 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 12.6 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 77 | 11.6 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 59 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 60 | 11.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | 3.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 47 | 11.0 | 8.38 h |
| December, selected | -0.5°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 43 | 10.9 | 7.17 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
- Novopolotsk in DecemberBelarus · 135 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -4.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Panevėžys in DecemberLithuania · 137 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.0°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Polotsk in DecemberBelarus · 148 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -4.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Vilnius in DecemberLithuania · 155 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -3.5°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Maladziečna in DecemberBelarus · 175 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Riga in DecemberLatvia · 190 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -2.6°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Kaunas in DecemberLithuania · 198 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.1°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Šiauliai in DecemberLithuania · 201 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.4°C · 40 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 Daugavpils) is explained once on the Daugavpils year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.