Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnodar weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Krasnodar: daytime highs average 5.7°C and nights cool to about -0.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 50 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maykop (101 km away). In December its highs average 5.8°C, about as warm as Krasnodar, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnodar ranks 9th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 231st of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Krasnodar is 11.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 63 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Krasnodar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 63 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 48 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.3°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 60 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 52 | 9.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 66 | 10.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 26.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 63 | 9.2 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 7.0 | 15.215 h |
| August | 29.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 37 | 5.8 | 14.114 h |
| September | 24.2°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 42 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.7°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 56 | 7.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.5°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 59 | 8.5 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 5.7°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 66 | 10.3 | 8.89 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
- Maykop in DecemberRussia · 101 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in DecemberRussia · 102 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Kropotkin in DecemberRussia · 132 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Armavir in DecemberRussia · 168 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Sochi in DecemberRussia · 172 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Yeysk in DecemberRussia · 191 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Adler in DecemberRussia · 195 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Kerch in DecemberUkraine · 199 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 41 mm rain
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 Krasnodar) is explained once on the Krasnodar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.