Climate averages 1991–2020
Derbent weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Derbent: daytime highs average 7.3°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 11 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (105 km away). In December its highs average 6.8°C, about as warm as Derbent, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Derbent ranks 4th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 63rd of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Derbent is 12.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 5.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 31 mm to 27 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Derbent climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.4°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 27 | 7.0 | 9.59 h |
| February | 5.5°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 8.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 33 | 7.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 12.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 26 | 5.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 18.8°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 31 | 7.0 | 14.515 h |
| June | 24.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 28 | 5.0 | 15.215 h |
| July | 27.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 3.9 | 14.915 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 59 | 7.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 47 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 43 | 8.0 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 7.3°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 31 | 7.0 | 9.29 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Kaspiysk in DecemberRussia · 105 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Makhachkala in DecemberRussia · 120 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Mingachevir in DecemberAzerbaijan · 177 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Yevlakh in DecemberAzerbaijan · 187 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 0.9°C · 22 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in DecemberRussia · 191 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Sumgayit in DecemberAzerbaijan · 201 kmHigh 9.2°C · Low 6.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Khirdalan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 218 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Ganja in DecemberAzerbaijan · 223 kmHigh 7.2°C · Low -1.0°C · 17 mm rain
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 Derbent) is explained once on the Derbent year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.