Climate averages 1991–2020
Khanty-Mansiysk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Khanty-Mansiysk: daytime highs average -13.6°C and nights cool to about -20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 5 h 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nefteyugansk (193 km away). In December its highs average -14.0°C, about as warm as Khanty-Mansiysk, with 24 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Khanty-Mansiysk ranks joint 217th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 44th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Khanty-Mansiysk is 8.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to -16.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 25 mm to 20 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
Khanty-Mansiysk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -16.8°C-22.7°C | -22.7°C | 20 | 6.2 | 6.57 h |
| February | -14.3°C-20.4°C | -20.4°C | 17 | 5.8 | 8.99 h |
| March | -5.0°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 27 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| April | 2.7°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 32 | 7.7 | 14.615 h |
| May | 12.0°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 51 | 10.3 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 11.8 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 73 | 10.7 | 18.318 h |
| August | 17.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 87 | 13.4 | 15.816 h |
| September | 10.9°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 58 | 10.9 | 13.013 h |
| October | 2.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 42 | 10.3 | 10.110 h |
| November | -8.0°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 31 | 8.2 | 7.47 h |
| December, selected | -13.6°C-20.0°C | -20.0°C | 25 | 8.1 | 5.76 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
- Nefteyugansk in DecemberRussia · 193 kmHigh -14.0°C · Low -20.3°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Surgut in DecemberRussia · 237 kmHigh -14.4°C · Low -20.6°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in DecemberRussia · 315 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Nizhnevartovsk in DecemberRussia · 406 kmHigh -14.4°C · Low -20.3°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in DecemberRussia · 413 kmHigh -16.4°C · Low -22.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Tyumen in DecemberRussia · 472 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -16.4°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Serov in DecemberRussia · 490 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -17.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Nizhny Tagil in DecemberRussia · 615 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -14.6°C · 21 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 Khanty-Mansiysk) is explained once on the Khanty-Mansiysk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.