Climate averages 1991–2020
Magadan weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Magadan: daytime highs average -16.3°C and nights cool to about -20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of precipitation on roughly 6 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 11 min on an average December day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Magadan ranks 230th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 39th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Magadan is 10.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -17.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 23 mm to 17 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
Magadan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.7°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 17 | 4.5 | 6.97 h |
| February | -16.5°C-22.1°C | -22.1°C | 13 | 3.6 | 9.19 h |
| March | -10.3°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | -2.9°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 26 | 5.6 | 14.514 h |
| May | 4.3°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 6.8 | 17.017 h |
| June | 11.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 54 | 7.8 | 18.519 h |
| July | 15.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 73 | 8.4 | 17.918 h |
| August | 15.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 107 | 10.6 | 15.616 h |
| September | 10.3°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 84 | 9.9 | 12.913 h |
| October | 1.2°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 64 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| November | -9.6°C-14.3°C | -14.3°C | 54 | 8.5 | 7.78 h |
| December, selected | -16.3°C-20.2°C | -20.2°C | 23 | 5.6 | 6.26 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
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in DecemberRussia · 868 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -13.3°C · 117 mm precipitation
- Yakutsk in DecemberRussia · 1170 kmHigh -33.6°C · Low -38.5°C · 1.7 mm precipitation
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in DecemberRussia · 1327 kmHigh -17.1°C · Low -23.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in DecemberRussia · 1499 kmHigh -4.9°C · Low -12.2°C · 63 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 Magadan) is explained once on the Magadan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.