Climate averages 1991–2020
Elista weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Elista: daytime highs average 1.3°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volgodonsk (208 km away). In December its highs average 0.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Elista, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Elista ranks 29th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 57th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Elista is 6.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -0.2°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 28 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
Elista climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 28 | 7.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.7°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 36 | 7.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.7°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 35 | 6.9 | 13.514 h |
| May | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 43 | 8.1 | 15.015 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 39 | 6.7 | 15.716 h |
| July | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 29 | 5.6 | 15.415 h |
| August | 30.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 23 | 4.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 23.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 28 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 33 | 6.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 6.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 29 | 6.4 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 1.3°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 28 | 6.9 | 8.79 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
- Volgodonsk in DecemberRussia · 208 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Stavropol in DecemberRussia · 227 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Georgiyevsk in DecemberRussia · 248 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -3.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Mineralnye Vody in DecemberRussia · 249 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -2.9°C · 32 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in DecemberRussia · 259 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Volgograd in DecemberRussia · 268 kmHigh -1.2°C · Low -5.8°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Pyatigorsk in DecemberRussia · 268 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Yessentuki in DecemberRussia · 274 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -4.0°C · 39 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 Elista) is explained once on the Elista year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.