Climate averages 1991–2020
Balashov weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Balashov: daytime highs average -3.4°C and nights cool to about -7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tambov (177 km away). In December its highs average -3.2°C, about as warm as Balashov, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Balashov ranks joint 89th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 195th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Balashov is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -5.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 42 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
Balashov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.3°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 42 | 9.9 | 8.48 h |
| February | -4.9°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 35 | 8.2 | 9.910 h |
| March | 1.2°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 40 | 8.6 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.0°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 51 | 9.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.7°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 60 | 10.4 | 16.617 h |
| July | 26.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 54 | 9.5 | 16.116 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 37 | 6.1 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 49 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 45 | 9.1 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 8.5 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -3.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 44 | 9.5 | 7.98 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
- Tambov in DecemberRussia · 177 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Saratov in DecemberRussia · 195 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.6°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Engels in DecemberRussia · 203 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Penza in DecemberRussia · 221 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.1°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kamyshin in DecemberRussia · 226 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Michurinsk in DecemberRussia · 237 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Lipetsk in DecemberRussia · 273 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in DecemberRussia · 275 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 41 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 Balashov) is explained once on the Balashov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.