Climate averages 1991–2020

Blagoveshchensk 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.

Average high -15.6°C Daytime mean, December
Average low -24.3°C Night-time mean, December
Precipitation 7.1 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 8 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Blagoveshchensk · average highYear overview

December is a freezing month in Blagoveshchensk: daytime highs average -15.6°C and nights cool to about -24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 7.1 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 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 08 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Heihe (4 km away). In December its highs average -15.5°C, about as warm as Blagoveshchensk, with 7.1 mm of precipitation.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Blagoveshchensk ranks joint 228th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 5th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Blagoveshchensk is 10.3°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 0.3°C to -16.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 7.1 mm to 3.7 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -30-25-20-15-10-5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly precipitation

Average total · mm
Average monthly precipitation totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Blagoveshchensk climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Blagoveshchensk, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowPrecipitation mm/monthWet days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January -16.0°C-26.3°C-26.3°C3.71.28.69 h
February -9.8°C-22.5°C-22.5°C5.01.410.010 h
March -0.4°C-13.0°C-13.0°C9.92.411.812 h
April 10.5°C-1.8°C-1.8°C265.113.714 h
May 18.6°C5.9°C5.9°C568.415.415 h
June 24.1°C13.7°C13.7°C8111.216.316 h
July 26.2°C17.4°C17.4°C12413.315.916 h
August 24.0°C15.4°C15.4°C10212.314.515 h
September 18.0°C8.3°C8.3°C739.412.713 h
October 7.5°C-1.2°C-1.2°C366.410.811 h
November -5.5°C-13.9°C-13.9°C133.19.19 h
December, selected -15.6°C-24.3°C-24.3°C7.12.38.18 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

Distance from Blagoveshchensk

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Blagoveshchensk) is explained once on the Blagoveshchensk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.