Climate averages 1991–2020
Barnaul weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Barnaul: daytime highs average -10.0°C and nights cool to about -17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Biysk (135 km away). In December its highs average -9.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Barnaul, with 34 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Barnaul ranks 192nd of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 103rd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Barnaul is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to -13.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 24 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
Barnaul climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.0°C-19.9°C | -19.9°C | 24 | 7.0 | 8.18 h |
| February | -9.8°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 20 | 5.9 | 9.810 h |
| March | -1.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 24 | 6.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.2°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 36 | 7.9 | 14.014 h |
| May | 17.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 50 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| June | 23.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 63 | 10.6 | 16.917 h |
| July | 24.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 80 | 12.2 | 16.516 h |
| August | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 54 | 10.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.0°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 44 | 9.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 44 | 9.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.3°C-9.6°C | -9.6°C | 49 | 10.7 | 8.79 h |
| December, selected | -10.0°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 38 | 10.2 | 7.68 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
- Biysk in DecemberRussia · 135 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Berdsk in DecemberRussia · 160 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -16.0°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Novosibirsk in DecemberRussia · 192 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -16.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kisilevsk in DecemberRussia · 205 kmHigh -10.1°C · Low -16.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kiselëvsk in DecemberRussia · 205 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -16.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Belovo in DecemberRussia · 206 kmHigh -9.8°C · Low -16.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Prokop’yevsk in DecemberRussia · 207 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -16.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in DecemberRussia · 215 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.2°C · 42 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 Barnaul) is explained once on the Barnaul year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.