Climate averages 1991–2020
Maykop weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Maykop: daytime highs average 5.8°C and nights cool to about -2.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Armavir (91 km away). In December its highs average 4.5°C, 1.3°C cooler than Maykop, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Maykop ranks 8th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 232nd of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Maykop is 11.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 4.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 68 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
Maykop climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 68 | 11.3 | 9.29 h |
| February | 5.6°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 53 | 9.8 | 10.410 h |
| March | 10.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 71 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 70 | 11.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 94 | 13.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 87 | 13.0 | 15.515 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 64 | 9.1 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 55 | 8.6 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 61 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 73 | 8.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 72 | 9.5 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 5.8°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 73 | 10.8 | 8.99 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 · 91 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Kropotkin in DecemberRussia · 99 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Krasnodar in DecemberRussia · 101 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Sochi in DecemberRussia · 116 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Adler in DecemberRussia · 132 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in DecemberRussia · 146 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Stavropol in DecemberRussia · 154 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Cherkessk in DecemberRussia · 160 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 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 Maykop) is explained once on the Maykop year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.