Climate averages 1991–2020
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky: daytime highs average 0.3°C and nights cool to about -4.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novoshakhtinsk (67 km away). In December its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kamensk-Shakhtinsky ranks 35th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 170th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Kamensk-Shakhtinsky is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 40 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
Kamensk-Shakhtinsky climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 40 | 9.2 | 8.89 h |
| February | -0.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 35 | 7.9 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.2°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 40 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 44 | 9.0 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 57 | 9.6 | 15.215 h |
| June | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 28.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 46 | 8.0 | 15.716 h |
| August | 28.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 31 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 40 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.8°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.3°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 35 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 0.3°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 42 | 8.7 | 8.48 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
- Novoshakhtinsk in DecemberRussia · 67 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Shakhty in DecemberRussia · 67 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Luhansk in DecemberUkraine · 76 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Novocherkassk in DecemberRussia · 100 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Khrustalnyi in DecemberUkraine · 101 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Alchevsk in DecemberUkraine · 109 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kadiyivka in DecemberUkraine · 122 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Rostov-on-Don in DecemberRussia · 129 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 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 Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) is explained once on the Kamensk-Shakhtinsky year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.