Climate averages 1991–2020

Kaspiysk weather
in December.

A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 6.8°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 2.7°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 30 mm 7 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kaspiysk · average highYear overview

December is a cold month in Kaspiysk: daytime highs average 6.8°C and nights cool to about 2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 05 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Makhachkala (16 km away). In December its highs average 6.5°C, about as warm as Kaspiysk, with 27 mm of rain.

Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kaspiysk ranks 5th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 60th of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Kaspiysk is 12.2°C warmer than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 5.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 25 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kaspiysk climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kaspiysk, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.0°C0.8°C0.8°C256.59.49 h
February 5.4°C0.8°C0.8°C246.210.511 h
March 8.6°C3.8°C3.8°C215.311.912 h
April 13.8°C8.4°C8.4°C224.913.413 h
May 20.2°C14.7°C14.7°C245.214.615 h
June 25.3°C19.7°C19.7°C204.015.315 h
July 28.0°C22.5°C22.5°C214.015.015 h
August 27.8°C22.5°C22.5°C274.513.914 h
September 22.9°C18.4°C18.4°C466.412.513 h
October 17.4°C13.0°C13.0°C397.311.111 h
November 11.0°C6.9°C6.9°C407.89.810 h
December, selected 6.8°C2.7°C2.7°C307.19.19 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

Distance from Kaspiysk

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kaspiysk) is explained once on the Kaspiysk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.