Climate averages 1991–2020
Adler weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Adler: daytime highs average 10.2°C and nights cool to about 4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th 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 Sochi (25 km away). In December its highs average 9.8°C, about as warm as Adler, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Adler ranks 1st of 236 for the warmest December highs and 235th of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Adler is 15.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 8.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 146 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Adler climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 146 | 15.5 | 9.49 h |
| February | 8.3°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 113 | 13.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.0°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 120 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 97 | 12.6 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 105 | 14.8 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.6°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 96 | 14.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 26.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 96 | 14.3 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 80 | 12.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 105 | 11.2 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 122 | 11.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.3°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 128 | 11.4 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 10.2°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 144 | 14.0 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Sochi in DecemberRussia · 25 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Maykop in DecemberRussia · 132 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Cherkessk in DecemberRussia · 192 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Krasnodar in DecemberRussia · 195 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Armavir in DecemberRussia · 199 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in DecemberRussia · 210 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in DecemberRussia · 225 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Kropotkin in DecemberRussia · 229 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 53 mm rain
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 Adler) is explained once on the Adler year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.