Climate averages 1991–2020
Astrakhan weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Astrakhan: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of precipitation on roughly 5 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elista (291 km away). In December its highs average 1.3°C, about as warm as Astrakhan, with 28 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Astrakhan ranks 31st 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; Astrakhan is 6.5°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -0.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 18 mm to 15 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
Astrakhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 15 | 4.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 13 | 3.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.9°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 20 | 4.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 26 | 4.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 23.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 27 | 5.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 20 | 4.3 | 15.716 h |
| July | 32.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 15 | 3.3 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 15 | 3.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 19 | 4.6 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 18 | 4.6 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 | 8.79 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
- Elista in DecemberRussia · 291 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Atyrau in DecemberKazakhstan · 305 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Khasavyurt in DecemberRussia · 363 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Volzhsky in DecemberRussia · 365 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Volgograd in DecemberRussia · 374 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Makhachkala in DecemberRussia · 377 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Grozny in DecemberRussia · 385 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Kaspiysk in DecemberRussia · 387 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 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 Astrakhan) is explained once on the Astrakhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.