Climate averages 1991–2020
Birobidzhan weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little 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 Birobidzhan: daytime highs average -14.6°C and nights cool to about -25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of precipitation on roughly 3 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 21 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khabarovsk (164 km away). In December its highs average -15.3°C, 0.7°C cooler than Birobidzhan, with 13 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Birobidzhan ranks 225th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Birobidzhan is 9.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.2°C to -14.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 12 mm to 6.4 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
Birobidzhan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -14.8°C-28.3°C | -28.3°C | 6.4 | 1.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -8.9°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 8.0 | 1.9 | 10.110 h |
| March | -0.3°C-13.4°C | -13.4°C | 23 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 9.9°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 46 | 7.8 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.6°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 92 | 12.0 | 15.215 h |
| June | 22.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 108 | 13.5 | 16.116 h |
| July | 24.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 182 | 15.0 | 15.716 h |
| August | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 173 | 14.6 | 14.414 h |
| September | 18.2°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 99 | 11.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 8.4°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 55 | 7.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | -4.3°C-13.7°C | -13.7°C | 22 | 4.6 | 9.29 h |
| December, selected | -14.6°C-25.9°C | -25.9°C | 12 | 2.9 | 8.38 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
- Khabarovsk in DecemberRussia · 164 kmHigh -15.3°C · Low -22.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Fujin in DecemberChina · 184 kmHigh -12.6°C · Low -20.1°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Hegang in DecemberChina · 253 kmHigh -12.4°C · Low -22.2°C · 9.8 mm precipitation
- Shuangyashan in DecemberChina · 271 kmHigh -11.8°C · Low -20.3°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Baoshan (Heilongjiang), China in DecemberChina · 272 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -19.4°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Lingdong in DecemberChina · 282 kmHigh -11.3°C · Low -19.1°C · 12 mm precipitation
- Jiamusi in DecemberChina · 295 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -21.2°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Youhao in DecemberChina · 320 kmHigh -12.9°C · Low -22.5°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 Birobidzhan) is explained once on the Birobidzhan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.