Climate averages 1991–2020
Weather in Russia in December
In December, average daytime highs across the 236 cities listed in Russia range from -33.6°C in Yakutsk to 10.2°C in Adler. Monthly precipitation ranges from 1.7 mm in Yakutsk to 146 mm in Sochi.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
City by city
December in Russia
| City | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm | Wet days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow | -3.3°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 37 | 10.2 |
| Saint Petersburg | -1.6°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 49 | 12.2 |
| Novosibirsk | -10.6°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 39 | 11.2 |
| Yekaterinburg | -9.5°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 20 | 5.9 |
| Nizhniy Novgorod | -4.9°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 41 | 10.4 |
| Kazan | -6.1°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 41 | 10.4 |
| Chelyabinsk | -9.2°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 21 | 6.0 |
| Omsk | -10.3°C-16.7°C | -16.7°C | 21 | 6.6 |
| Samara | -6.1°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 36 | 9.1 |
| Rostov-on-Don | 1.5°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 47 | 8.9 |
| Ufa | -7.9°C-13.5°C | -13.5°C | 45 | 11.1 |
| Krasnoyarsk | -11.1°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 26 | 8.1 |
| Voronezh | -2.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 41 | 9.3 |
| Volgograd | -1.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 34 | 7.8 |
| Perm | -8.6°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 39 | 10.5 |
| Krasnodar | 5.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 66 | 10.3 |
| Saratov | -4.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 35 | 8.4 |
| Tyumen | -10.2°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 22 | 6.6 |
| Tolyatti | -5.7°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 36 | 9.1 |
| Izhevsk | -7.7°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 41 | 10.0 |
| Barnaul | -10.0°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 38 | 10.2 |
| Ulyanovsk | -5.9°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 32 | 8.9 |
| Irkutsk | -11.4°C-19.4°C | -19.4°C | 9.5 | 3.5 |
| Khabarovsk | -15.3°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 13 | 3.4 |
| Yaroslavl | -4.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 40 | 10.7 |
| Vladivostok | -4.8°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 19 | 3.5 |
| Makhachkala | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 |
| Tomsk | -12.0°C-18.4°C | -18.4°C | 39 | 11.4 |
| Orenburg | -6.5°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 34 | 8.2 |
| Kemerovo | -10.7°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 46 | 11.9 |
| Novokuznetsk | -9.9°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 50 | 12.2 |
| Ryazan’ | -3.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 42 | 9.8 |
| Astrakhan | 1.1°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 18 | 5.1 |
| Penza | -4.6°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 40 | 10.4 |
| Naberezhnyye Chelny | -7.0°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 37 | 10.1 |
| Lipetsk | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 9.3 |
| Kirov | -7.2°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 44 | 11.9 |
| Cheboksary | -5.6°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 41 | 10.7 |
| Tula | -3.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 43 | 10.3 |
| Kaliningrad | 2.4°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 49 | 11.4 |
| Kursk | -2.1°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 39 | 9.5 |
| Stavropol | 1.8°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 45 | 9.3 |
| Bryansk | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 43 | 9.9 |
| Tver | -2.9°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 40 | 10.7 |
| Magnitogorsk | -8.3°C-15.4°C | -15.4°C | 20 | 5.5 |
| Ivanovo | -4.4°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 42 | 10.6 |
| Nizhny Tagil | -9.4°C-14.6°C | -14.6°C | 21 | 6.2 |
| Ulan-Ude | -13.7°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 6.6 | 2.4 |
| Vladimir | -3.9°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 41 | 10.4 |
| Arkhangel’sk | -5.5°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 36 | 10.5 |
| Chita | -15.6°C-24.6°C | -24.6°C | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| Belgorod | -1.6°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 43 | 9.2 |
| Kaluga | -3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 42 | 10.7 |
| Smolensk | -2.4°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 10.6 |
| Sochi | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 |
| Volzhsky | -1.3°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 32 | 7.9 |
| Saransk | -5.0°C-9.4°C | -9.4°C | 40 | 10.7 |
| Cherepovets | -4.2°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 47 | 12.2 |
| Vologda | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 |
| Kurgan | -9.5°C-15.9°C | -15.9°C | 23 | 6.6 |
| Vladikavkaz | 4.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 26 | 6.0 |
| Orël | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 41 | 10.1 |
| Surgut | -14.4°C-20.6°C | -20.6°C | 26 | 8.3 |
| Grozny | 4.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 31 | 7.4 |
| Murmansk | -5.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 27 | 8.7 |
| Tambov | -3.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 42 | 10.3 |
| Petrozavodsk | -3.4°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 41 | 11.4 |
| Taganrog | 1.2°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 49 | 9.1 |
| Kostroma | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 42 | 10.4 |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur | -17.1°C-23.9°C | -23.9°C | 21 | 4.5 |
| Yoshkar-Ola | -5.6°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 43 | 10.8 |
| Sterlitamak | -7.4°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 44 | 9.9 |
| Bratsk | -14.3°C-19.6°C | -19.6°C | 14 | 5.4 |
| Orsk | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 25 | 6.7 |
| Syktyvkar | -8.3°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 37 | 10.5 |
| Nizhnevartovsk | -14.4°C-20.3°C | -20.3°C | 28 | 9.4 |
| Angarsk | -12.8°C-21.5°C | -21.5°C | 8.2 | 3.1 |
| Novorossiysk | 7.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 63 | 10.4 |
| Khimki | -3.4°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 39 | 10.3 |
| Yakutsk | -33.6°C-38.5°C | -38.5°C | 1.7 | 0.6 |
| Nizhnekamsk | -6.9°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 38 | 10.1 |
| Dzerzhinsk | -4.4°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 41 | 10.6 |
| Staryy Oskol | -1.9°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 41 | 9.2 |
| Blagoveshchensk | -15.6°C-24.3°C | -24.3°C | 7.1 | 2.3 |
| Velikiy Novgorod | -1.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 51 | 12.4 |
| Shakhty | 0.5°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 45 | 8.7 |
| Prokop’yevsk | -9.9°C-16.5°C | -16.5°C | 39 | 10.5 |
| Rybinsk | -3.8°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 41 | 11.3 |
| Zelenograd | -3.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 38 | 10.3 |
| Biysk | -9.4°C-16.2°C | -16.2°C | 34 | 9.3 |
| Pskov | -0.8°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 43 | 10.9 |
| Balakovo | -4.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 37 | 8.6 |
| Armavir | 4.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 50 | 9.9 |
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk | -4.9°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 63 | 8.6 |
| Engels | -3.7°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 35 | 8.4 |
| Severodvinsk | -4.7°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 32 | 10.0 |
| Zlatoust | -8.7°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 22 | 6.6 |
| Syzran | -5.1°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 35 | 9.0 |
| Abakan | -10.7°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 13 | 4.5 |
| Kamensk-Ural’skiy | -9.0°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 22 | 6.5 |
| Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky | -8.3°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 117 | 10.9 |
| Podolsk | -3.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 37 | 9.9 |
| Berezniki | -9.4°C-14.2°C | -14.2°C | 44 | 12.2 |
| Volgodonsk | 0.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 8.8 |
| Miass | -8.7°C-15.2°C | -15.2°C | 18 | 5.6 |
| Novocherkassk | 1.0°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 46 | 8.5 |
| Nazran | 3.7°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 27 | 6.2 |
| Rubtsovsk | -8.6°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 33 | 8.6 |
| Mytishchi | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 40 | 10.5 |
| Salavat | -7.4°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 45 | 10.2 |
| Ussuriysk | -6.6°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 16 | 3.1 |
| Lyubertsy | -3.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 39 | 10.4 |
| Kovrov | -4.1°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 42 | 10.5 |
| Balashikha | -3.2°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 39 | 10.4 |
| Kolomna | -3.2°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 39 | 9.6 |
| Nakhodka | -3.8°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 26 | 4.6 |
| Elektrostal’ | -3.4°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 40 | 10.2 |
| Pyatigorsk | 2.4°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 35 | 8.3 |
| Maykop | 5.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 73 | 10.8 |
| Zheleznodorozhnyy | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 39 | 10.4 |
| Norilsk | -22.3°C-27.0°C | -27.0°C | 42 | 10.0 |
| Al’met’yevsk | -6.6°C-11.7°C | -11.7°C | 36 | 9.8 |
| Korolev | -3.4°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 40 | 10.5 |
| Kolpino | -1.7°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 42 | 11.3 |
| Odintsovo | -3.2°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 37 | 10.1 |
| Nevinnomyssk | 3.5°C-3.7°C | -3.7°C | 43 | 9.0 |
| Pervouralsk | -9.5°C-14.7°C | -14.7°C | 22 | 6.4 |
| Kislovodsk | 4.6°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 39 | 8.6 |
| Dimitrovgrad | -5.7°C-10.2°C | -10.2°C | 41 | 9.9 |
| Novomoskovsk | -3.5°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 41 | 9.7 |
| Kamyshin | -2.4°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 32 | 7.8 |
| Novocheboksarsk | -5.6°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 40 | 10.3 |
| Serpukhov | -3.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 39 | 10.2 |
| Murom | -4.0°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 43 | 10.5 |
| Khasavyurt | 5.9°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 30 | 7.1 |
| Neftekamsk | -7.4°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 43 | 10.9 |
| Cherkessk | 3.7°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 44 | 8.6 |
| Orekhovo-Zuyevo | -3.3°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 42 | 10.4 |
| Achinsk | -11.5°C-18.1°C | -18.1°C | 33 | 9.5 |
| Kyzyl | -14.3°C-22.0°C | -22.0°C | 6.5 | 2.2 |
| Noginsk | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 40 | 10.2 |
| Yelets | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 39 | 9.1 |
| Novo-Peredelkino | -3.0°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 37 | 10.1 |
| Tobolsk | -11.2°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 26 | 7.4 |
| Shchyolkovo | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 41 | 10.6 |
| Nefteyugansk | -14.0°C-20.3°C | -20.3°C | 24 | 7.9 |
| Novokuybyshevsk | -6.0°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 37 | 8.8 |
| Noyabrsk | -16.4°C-22.4°C | -22.4°C | 21 | 7.6 |
| Bataysk | 2.0°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 47 | 8.9 |
| Seversk | -11.7°C-17.9°C | -17.9°C | 39 | 11.4 |
| Arzamas | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 40 | 10.5 |
| Sergiyev Posad | -3.7°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 41 | 10.6 |
| Leninsk-Kuznetsky | -10.5°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 42 | 11.4 |
| Oktyabrsky | -6.9°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 34 | 9.2 |
| Obninsk | -3.1°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 41 | 10.6 |
| Elista | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 28 | 6.9 |
| Cherëmushki | -3.5°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 37 | 10.2 |
| Novotroitsk | -7.1°C-13.1°C | -13.1°C | 27 | 7.1 |
| Derbent | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 |
| Kiselëvsk | -10.2°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 39 | 10.5 |
| Velikiye Luki | -1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 41 | 10.3 |
| Pushkino | -3.3°C-7.5°C | -7.5°C | 40 | 10.5 |
| Artëm | -6.0°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 18 | 3.3 |
| Ukhta | -9.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 30 | 9.7 |
| Kansk | -12.5°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 24 | 7.6 |
| Khanty-Mansiysk | -13.6°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 25 | 8.1 |
| Mezhdurechensk | -9.9°C-16.6°C | -16.6°C | 85 | 14.9 |
| Solikamsk | -9.3°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 44 | 12.2 |
| Glazov | -7.8°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 46 | 12.0 |
| Ust’-Ilimsk | -16.9°C-23.2°C | -23.2°C | 22 | 7.7 |
| Zelenodolsk | -5.9°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 40 | 10.1 |
| Novoshakhtinsk | 0.2°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 45 | 8.8 |
| Sarapul | -7.6°C-12.6°C | -12.6°C | 42 | 10.3 |
| Votkinsk | -7.4°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 41 | 10.2 |
| Serov | -10.9°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 18 | 5.6 |
| Balashov | -3.4°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 44 | 9.5 |
| Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia | -2.1°C-6.2°C | -6.2°C | 41 | 9.5 |
| Zhukovsky | -3.2°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 37 | 9.8 |
| Ramenskoye | -3.2°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 38 | 9.8 |
| Vostochnoe Degunino | -3.4°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 39 | 10.3 |
| Novyy Urengoy | -18.3°C-24.4°C | -24.4°C | 20 | 7.1 |
| Novoural’sk | -9.6°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 22 | 6.3 |
| Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia | -11.6°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 32 | 9.5 |
| Michurinsk | -3.2°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 43 | 10.3 |
| Kineshma | -4.6°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 44 | 11.2 |
| Krasnogorsk | -3.2°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 37 | 10.1 |
| Pushkin | -1.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 42 | 11.3 |
| Magadan | -16.3°C-20.2°C | -20.2°C | 23 | 5.6 |
| Bugulma | -7.6°C-12.5°C | -12.5°C | 38 | 9.6 |
| Kuznetsk | -5.2°C-10.0°C | -10.0°C | 37 | 9.5 |
| Kirovo-Chepetsk | -7.2°C-12.1°C | -12.1°C | 44 | 11.9 |
| Berdsk | -10.6°C-16.0°C | -16.0°C | 37 | 10.6 |
| Gatchina | -1.9°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 44 | 11.5 |
| Sarov | -4.4°C-8.7°C | -8.7°C | 45 | 10.9 |
| Yeysk | 2.4°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 50 | 9.1 |
| Buzuluk | -6.0°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 36 | 8.5 |
| Gubkin | -2.0°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 41 | 9.1 |
| Chaykovskiy | -7.7°C-12.2°C | -12.2°C | 41 | 10.3 |
| Usol’ye-Sibirskoye | -13.6°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 8.6 | 3.1 |
| Obruchevo | -3.6°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 37 | 10.2 |
Showing the 200 most populous of 236 cities. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.