Climate averages 1991–2020
Lipetsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th 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 Lipetsk: daytime highs average -3.0°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yelets (70 km away). In December its highs average -2.4°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lipetsk, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Lipetsk ranks joint 61st of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 133rd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Lipetsk is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to -4.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 39 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
Lipetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.8°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 39 | 9.5 | 8.28 h |
| February | -4.4°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 35 | 8.2 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.4°C-5.7°C | -5.7°C | 37 | 9.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 41 | 8.6 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 49 | 8.9 | 15.716 h |
| June | 22.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 56 | 10.4 | 16.817 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 57 | 10.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 47 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.8°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 52 | 9.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.8°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | -3.0°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 40 | 9.3 | 7.78 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
- Yelets in DecemberRussia · 70 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Michurinsk in DecemberRussia · 72 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in DecemberRussia · 105 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tambov in DecemberRussia · 128 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in DecemberRussia · 179 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Staryy Oskol in DecemberRussia · 185 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in DecemberRussia · 200 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tula in DecemberRussia · 220 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 43 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 Lipetsk) is explained once on the Lipetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.