Climate averages 1991–2020
Nizhnevartovsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light 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 Nizhnevartovsk: daytime highs average -14.4°C and nights cool to about -20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 28 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 5 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Surgut (172 km away). In December its highs average -14.4°C, about as warm as Nizhnevartovsk, with 26 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Nizhnevartovsk ranks joint 223rd of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 57th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Nizhnevartovsk is 9.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -17.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 28 mm to 20 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
Nizhnevartovsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -17.1°C-22.7°C | -22.7°C | 20 | 7.5 | 6.57 h |
| February | -14.6°C-20.1°C | -20.1°C | 18 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| March | -5.6°C-12.4°C | -12.4°C | 27 | 8.4 | 11.712 h |
| April | 1.6°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 36 | 9.3 | 14.615 h |
| May | 10.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 53 | 10.5 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 11.5 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.4°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 10.1 | 18.318 h |
| August | 17.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 91 | 13.9 | 15.816 h |
| September | 10.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 64 | 12.0 | 13.013 h |
| October | 1.9°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 50 | 12.8 | 10.110 h |
| November | -9.3°C-14.8°C | -14.8°C | 38 | 10.1 | 7.47 h |
| December, selected | -14.4°C-20.3°C | -20.3°C | 28 | 9.4 | 5.76 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
- Surgut in DecemberRussia · 172 kmHigh -14.4°C · Low -20.6°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in DecemberRussia · 214 kmHigh -14.0°C · Low -20.3°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Noyabrsk in DecemberRussia · 258 kmHigh -16.4°C · Low -22.4°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in DecemberRussia · 406 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -20.0°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Tobolsk in DecemberRussia · 557 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Novyy Urengoy in DecemberRussia · 573 kmHigh -18.3°C · Low -24.4°C · 20 mm precipitation
- Seversk in DecemberRussia · 680 kmHigh -11.7°C · Low -17.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Omsk in DecemberRussia · 687 kmHigh -10.3°C · Low -16.7°C · 21 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 Nizhnevartovsk) is explained once on the Nizhnevartovsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.