Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhnekamsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Nizhnekamsk: daytime highs average -6.9°C and nights cool to about -11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yelabuga (20 km away). In December its highs average -6.7°C, about as warm as Nizhnekamsk, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhnekamsk ranks joint 146th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 103rd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Nizhnekamsk is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to -8.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 mm to 34 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
Nizhnekamsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -8.7°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 34 | 9.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | -8.1°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 28 | 8.2 | 9.610 h |
| March | -1.3°C-7.7°C | -7.7°C | 32 | 8.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.8°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 34 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| May | 17.6°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 44 | 9.2 | 16.216 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 57 | 10.0 | 17.417 h |
| July | 24.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.917 h |
| August | 21.6°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 64 | 9.5 | 15.115 h |
| September | 15.5°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 51 | 9.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.511 h |
| November | -1.5°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 42 | 9.8 | 8.48 h |
| December, selected | -6.9°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 38 | 10.1 | 7.27 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
- Yelabuga in DecemberRussia · 20 kmHigh -6.7°C · Low -11.6°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Naberezhnyye Chelny in DecemberRussia · 39 kmHigh -7.0°C · Low -11.8°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Al’met’yevsk in DecemberRussia · 88 kmHigh -6.6°C · Low -11.7°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Bugulma in DecemberRussia · 137 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -12.5°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Sarapul in DecemberRussia · 154 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -12.6°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Izhevsk in DecemberRussia · 160 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -12.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Neftekamsk in DecemberRussia · 161 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -12.4°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Oktyabrsky in DecemberRussia · 166 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -12.1°C · 34 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 Nizhnekamsk) is explained once on the Nizhnekamsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.