Climate averages 1991–2020
Makhachkala weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: 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 cold month in Makhachkala: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kaspiysk (16 km away). In December its highs average 6.8°C, about as warm as Makhachkala, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Makhachkala ranks 6th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 53rd of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Makhachkala is 11.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 26 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
Makhachkala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 26 | 6.6 | 9.49 h |
| February | 5.3°C0.5°C | 0.5°C | 26 | 6.2 | 10.510 h |
| March | 8.5°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 27 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.7°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 30 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 39 | 8.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 25.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 7.4 | 15.015 h |
| August | 27.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 52 | 7.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 22.8°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 65 | 9.0 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 49 | 8.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.8°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 42 | 7.6 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 27 | 6.4 | 9.19 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
- Kaspiysk in DecemberRussia · 16 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 30 mm rain
- Khasavyurt in DecemberRussia · 80 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -1.4°C · 30 mm rain
- Derbent in DecemberRussia · 120 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Grozny in DecemberRussia · 152 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Sunzha in DecemberRussia · 202 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -3.3°C · 29 mm rain
- Nazran in DecemberRussia · 223 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -3.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Vladikavkaz in DecemberRussia · 230 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -4.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Mingachevir in DecemberAzerbaijan · 249 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 2.6°C · 23 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 Makhachkala) is explained once on the Makhachkala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.