Climate averages 1991–2020
Novosibirsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the joint 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 Novosibirsk: daytime highs average -10.6°C and nights cool to about -16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 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 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berdsk (32 km away). In December its highs average -10.6°C, about as warm as Novosibirsk, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Novosibirsk ranks joint 198th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 112th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Novosibirsk is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 3.1°C to -13.7°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 26 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
Novosibirsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.7°C-19.8°C | -19.8°C | 26 | 8.0 | 7.88 h |
| February | -10.6°C-17.0°C | -17.0°C | 19 | 6.3 | 9.610 h |
| March | -2.6°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 25 | 7.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.7°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 30 | 7.8 | 14.114 h |
| May | 16.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 40 | 9.1 | 16.116 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 53 | 10.2 | 17.317 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 67 | 12.1 | 16.817 h |
| August | 21.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 54 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| September | 14.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 49 | 10.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 6.3°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 47 | 11.1 | 10.511 h |
| November | -4.3°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 44 | 11.4 | 8.58 h |
| December, selected | -10.6°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 39 | 11.2 | 7.37 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
- Berdsk in DecemberRussia · 32 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -16.0°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Yurga in DecemberRussia · 146 kmHigh -11.2°C · Low -17.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in DecemberRussia · 192 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -17.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kemerovo in DecemberRussia · 205 kmHigh -10.7°C · Low -17.0°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Tomsk in DecemberRussia · 208 kmHigh -12.0°C · Low -18.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Leninsk-Kuznetsky in DecemberRussia · 212 kmHigh -10.5°C · Low -17.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Seversk in DecemberRussia · 214 kmHigh -11.7°C · Low -17.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Belovo in DecemberRussia · 226 kmHigh -9.8°C · Low -16.4°C · 36 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 Novosibirsk) is explained once on the Novosibirsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.