Climate averages 1991–2020
Kineshma weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Kineshma: daytime highs average -4.6°C and nights cool to about -8.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kostroma (80 km away). In December its highs average -4.4°C, about as warm as Kineshma, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kineshma ranks joint 114th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 195th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Kineshma is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -6.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 41 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
Kineshma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.5°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 41 | 11.5 | 7.47 h |
| February | -6.0°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 33 | 8.8 | 9.49 h |
| March | -0.3°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 35 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.5°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 41 | 9.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 16.3°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 56 | 10.7 | 16.517 h |
| June | 20.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 76 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| July | 22.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 74 | 11.8 | 17.317 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 69 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| September | 14.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 59 | 10.2 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 62 | 11.9 | 10.410 h |
| November | -0.6°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 49 | 10.4 | 8.18 h |
| December, selected | -4.6°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 44 | 11.2 | 6.77 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
- Kostroma in DecemberRussia · 80 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in DecemberRussia · 85 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in DecemberRussia · 130 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Yaroslavl in DecemberRussia · 136 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Dzerzhinsk in DecemberRussia · 155 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Nizhniy Novgorod in DecemberRussia · 168 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -9.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in DecemberRussia · 179 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in DecemberRussia · 207 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 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 Kineshma) is explained once on the Kineshma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.