Climate averages 1991–2020
Novokuznetsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th 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 Novokuznetsk: daytime highs average -9.9°C and nights cool to about -16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of precipitation on roughly 12 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Prokop’yevsk (33 km away). In December its highs average -9.9°C, about as warm as Novokuznetsk, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Novokuznetsk ranks joint 189th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 222nd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Novokuznetsk is 4.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -12.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 50 mm to 32 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
Novokuznetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.5°C-19.4°C | -19.4°C | 32 | 8.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | -8.7°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 24 | 7.1 | 9.710 h |
| March | -0.6°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 29 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 45 | 10.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.916 h |
| June | 22.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 12.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 76 | 12.7 | 16.517 h |
| August | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 67 | 11.6 | 14.815 h |
| September | 15.7°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 59 | 11.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 7.3°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 59 | 12.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -3.3°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 61 | 13.0 | 8.69 h |
| December, selected | -9.9°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 50 | 12.2 | 7.58 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
- Prokop’yevsk in DecemberRussia · 33 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -16.5°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kiselëvsk in DecemberRussia · 40 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -16.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kisilevsk in DecemberRussia · 42 kmHigh -10.1°C · Low -16.7°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Mezhdurechensk in DecemberRussia · 61 kmHigh -9.9°C · Low -16.6°C · 85 mm precipitation
- Belovo in DecemberRussia · 92 kmHigh -9.8°C · Low -16.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in DecemberRussia · 118 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Biysk in DecemberRussia · 188 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Kemerovo in DecemberRussia · 190 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.0°C · 46 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 Novokuznetsk) is explained once on the Novokuznetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.