Climate averages 1991–2020
Azov weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Azov: daytime highs average 1.6°C and nights cool to about -2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 35 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rostov-on-Don (25 km away). In December its highs average 1.5°C, about as warm as Azov, with 47 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Azov ranks 27th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 218th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Azov is 7.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 0.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 48 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
Azov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.1°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 48 | 9.5 | 9.09 h |
| February | 1.3°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 41 | 8.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 7.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 46 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 43 | 9.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 57 | 9.6 | 15.015 h |
| June | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 8.8 | 15.816 h |
| July | 28.6°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 36 | 6.4 | 15.516 h |
| August | 28.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 31 | 5.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.6°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 40 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.5°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 41 | 7.3 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 1.6°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 48 | 9.0 | 8.69 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
- Rostov-on-Don in DecemberRussia · 25 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Bataysk in DecemberRussia · 26 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Taganrog in DecemberRussia · 41 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Novocherkassk in DecemberRussia · 62 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Novoshakhtinsk in DecemberRussia · 82 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Shakhty in DecemberRussia · 91 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Yeysk in DecemberRussia · 98 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Khrustalnyi in DecemberUkraine · 121 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 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 Azov) is explained once on the Azov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.