Climate averages 1991–2020
Dzerzhinsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Dzerzhinsk: daytime highs average -4.4°C and nights cool to about -8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nizhniy Novgorod (35 km away). In December its highs average -4.9°C, about as warm as Dzerzhinsk, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Dzerzhinsk ranks joint 109th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 147th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Dzerzhinsk is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -6.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 35 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
Dzerzhinsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.3°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 35 | 10.4 | 7.68 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.510 h |
| March | 0.3°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 31 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 38 | 8.7 | 14.214 h |
| May | 17.4°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 47 | 9.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.2°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 72 | 12.2 | 17.618 h |
| July | 23.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 72 | 11.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.3°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 66 | 10.5 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.4°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 55 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 62 | 11.6 | 10.510 h |
| November | -0.2°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 43 | 9.6 | 8.38 h |
| December, selected | -4.4°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 41 | 10.6 | 7.07 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
- Nizhniy Novgorod in DecemberRussia · 35 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -9.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Arzamas in DecemberRussia · 97 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -9.1°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Murom in DecemberRussia · 117 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in DecemberRussia · 132 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Sarov in DecemberRussia · 144 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in DecemberRussia · 155 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -8.8°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in DecemberRussia · 174 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in DecemberRussia · 189 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.2°C · 41 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 Dzerzhinsk) is explained once on the Dzerzhinsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.