Climate averages 1991–2020
Chita 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 Chita: daytime highs average -15.6°C and nights cool to about -24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.4 mm of precipitation on roughly 1 day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ulan-Ude (405 km away). In December its highs average -13.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Chita, with 6.6 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Chita ranks joint 228th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Chita is 10.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -17.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 3.4 mm to 1.3 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
Chita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.2°C-28.9°C | -28.9°C | 1.3 | 0.4 | 8.38 h |
| February | -10.1°C-24.0°C | -24.0°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.7°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 4.4 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 39 | 7.1 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 83 | 11.2 | 16.216 h |
| August | 21.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 83 | 11.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 14.7°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 5.2°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 10.711 h |
| November | -6.0°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 5.1 | 1.9 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 | 7.88 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
- Ulan-Ude in DecemberRussia · 405 kmHigh -13.7°C · Low -22.6°C · 6.6 mm precipitation
- Jalai Nur in DecemberChina · 413 kmHigh -14.1°C · Low -22.2°C · 3.1 mm precipitation
- Hailar in DecemberChina · 540 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -25.6°C · 4.5 mm precipitation
- Hulunbuir in DecemberChina · 542 kmHigh -15.7°C · Low -25.5°C · 4.5 mm precipitation
- Genhe in DecemberChina · 574 kmHigh -17.2°C · Low -27.1°C · 4.6 mm precipitation
- Yakeshi in DecemberChina · 595 kmHigh -16.1°C · Low -25.1°C · 5.5 mm precipitation
- Darhan in DecemberMongolia · 603 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -20.6°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Irkutsk in DecemberRussia · 628 kmHigh -11.4°C · Low -19.4°C · 9.5 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 Chita) is explained once on the Chita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.