Climate averages 1991–2020
Krasnoyarsk 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 Krasnoyarsk: daytime highs average -11.1°C and nights cool to about -18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 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 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia (44 km away). In December its highs average -11.6°C, about as warm as Krasnoyarsk, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Krasnoyarsk ranks joint 204th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 47th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Krasnoyarsk is 5.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.4°C to -13.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 26 mm to 13 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
Krasnoyarsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.5°C-21.1°C | -21.1°C | 13 | 4.4 | 7.78 h |
| February | -9.4°C-18.4°C | -18.4°C | 12 | 4.2 | 9.510 h |
| March | -1.5°C-11.4°C | -11.4°C | 17 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 31 | 8.8 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 48 | 11.3 | 16.316 h |
| June | 21.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 55 | 10.4 | 17.518 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 64 | 11.3 | 17.017 h |
| August | 21.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 66 | 12.2 | 15.115 h |
| September | 13.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 5.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 41 | 10.9 | 10.510 h |
| November | -4.5°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 31 | 9.4 | 8.38 h |
| December, selected | -11.1°C-18.3°C | -18.3°C | 26 | 8.1 | 7.17 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Krasnoyarsk Krai), Russia in DecemberRussia · 44 kmHigh -11.6°C · Low -18.7°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Zelenogorsk in DecemberRussia · 103 kmHigh -11.9°C · Low -19.1°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Achinsk in DecemberRussia · 153 kmHigh -11.5°C · Low -18.1°C · 33 mm precipitation
- Kansk in DecemberRussia · 174 kmHigh -12.5°C · Low -19.7°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Chernogorsk in DecemberRussia · 267 kmHigh -11.1°C · Low -17.0°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Minusinsk in DecemberRussia · 271 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -17.7°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Abakan in DecemberRussia · 276 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.0°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in DecemberRussia · 406 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -16.6°C · 85 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 Krasnoyarsk) is explained once on the Krasnoyarsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.