Climate averages 1991–2020
Kansk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Kansk: daytime highs average -12.5°C and nights cool to about -19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th 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 Zelenogorsk (71 km away). In December its highs average -11.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kansk, with 26 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kansk ranks 215th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 42nd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Kansk is 7.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -15.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 24 mm to 12 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
Kansk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.2°C-22.2°C | -22.2°C | 12 | 4.2 | 7.68 h |
| February | -11.3°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 12 | 4.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | -2.7°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 15 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.2°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 27 | 7.8 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.2°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 46 | 11.7 | 16.316 h |
| June | 22.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 51 | 10.3 | 17.618 h |
| July | 24.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 10.7 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 48 | 11.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 35 | 9.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -5.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 29 | 8.7 | 8.38 h |
| December, selected | -12.5°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 24 | 7.6 | 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
- Zelenogorsk in DecemberRussia · 71 kmHigh -11.9°C · Low -19.1°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in DecemberRussia · 135 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -18.7°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Krasnoyarsk in DecemberRussia · 174 kmHigh -11.1°C · Low -18.3°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in DecemberRussia · 322 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in DecemberRussia · 365 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -19.6°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in DecemberRussia · 378 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.7°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in DecemberRussia · 385 kmHigh -11.1°C · Low -17.0°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Abakan in DecemberRussia · 389 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.0°C · 13 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 Kansk) is explained once on the Kansk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.