Climate averages 1991–2020
Kropotkin weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kropotkin: daytime highs average 4.5°C and nights cool to about -1.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 47 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Armavir (65 km away). In December its highs average 4.5°C, about as warm as Kropotkin, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Kropotkin ranks joint 11th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 226th of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Kropotkin is 9.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 51 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
Kropotkin climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 51 | 10.8 | 9.19 h |
| February | 4.6°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 41 | 8.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.8°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 57 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 51 | 9.6 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 73 | 11.7 | 14.915 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 69 | 10.1 | 15.616 h |
| July | 29.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 53 | 7.7 | 15.315 h |
| August | 29.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 7.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 49 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 4.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 53 | 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
- Armavir in DecemberRussia · 65 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Maykop in DecemberRussia · 99 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Stavropol in DecemberRussia · 118 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Krasnodar in DecemberRussia · 132 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in DecemberRussia · 140 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Cherkessk in DecemberRussia · 178 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Bataysk in DecemberRussia · 199 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Azov in DecemberRussia · 206 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 48 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 Kropotkin) is explained once on the Kropotkin year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.