Climate averages 1991–2020
Artëm 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 Artëm: daytime highs average -6.0°C and nights cool to about -15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 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 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vladivostok (38 km away). In December its highs average -4.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Artëm, with 19 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Artëm ranks joint 136th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 16th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Artëm is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to -8.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 18 mm to 10 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
Artëm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.4°C-18.1°C | -18.1°C | 10 | 2.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | -4.0°C-14.9°C | -14.9°C | 14 | 2.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 3.6°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 11.4°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 39 | 6.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 16.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 70 | 10.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 20.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 58 | 8.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 23.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 110 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 130 | 11.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 20.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 82 | 8.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 64 | 7.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 2.7°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 33 | 5.3 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | -6.0°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 18 | 3.3 | 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
- Vladivostok in DecemberRussia · 38 kmHigh -4.8°C · Low -10.8°C · 19 mm precipitation
- Ussuriysk in DecemberRussia · 53 kmHigh -6.6°C · Low -16.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Nakhodka in DecemberRussia · 82 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -11.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Suifenhe in DecemberChina · 143 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -17.5°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Hunchun in DecemberChina · 159 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -13.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in DecemberNorth Korea · 178 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Tumen in DecemberChina · 195 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Wangqing in DecemberChina · 196 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -15.1°C · 10 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 Artëm) is explained once on the Artëm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.