Climate averages 1991–2020
Novorossiysk weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Novorossiysk: daytime highs average 7.4°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Krasnodar (102 km away). In December its highs average 5.7°C, 1.8°C cooler than Novorossiysk, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Novorossiysk ranks 3rd of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 229th of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Novorossiysk is 12.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 5.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 63 mm to 59 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
Novorossiysk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 59 | 10.6 | 9.29 h |
| February | 6.3°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 46 | 8.6 | 10.410 h |
| March | 9.4°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 54 | 10.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.5°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 43 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 9.1 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 49 | 8.6 | 15.516 h |
| July | 28.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 38 | 6.5 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 35 | 5.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.6°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 41 | 6.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 50 | 8.1 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.5°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 8.4 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 7.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 63 | 10.4 | 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
- Krasnodar in DecemberRussia · 102 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Kerch in DecemberUkraine · 123 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Maykop in DecemberRussia · 186 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Sochi in DecemberRussia · 201 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 4.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Yeysk in DecemberRussia · 222 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Adler in DecemberRussia · 225 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Kropotkin in DecemberRussia · 234 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Berdyansk in DecemberUkraine · 237 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -0.6°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 Novorossiysk) is explained once on the Novorossiysk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.