Climate averages 1991–2020
Orël weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate 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 Orël: daytime highs average -2.4°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia (85 km away). In December its highs average -2.1°C, about as warm as Orël, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Orël ranks joint 53rd of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 147th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Orël is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to -4.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 41 mm to 38 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
Orël climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.2°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.6 | 8.28 h |
| February | -3.8°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 36 | 8.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.9°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 36 | 8.6 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 44 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 56 | 10.7 | 15.816 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 66 | 11.5 | 16.817 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 82 | 12.6 | 16.416 h |
| August | 23.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 60 | 9.5 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.8°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 56 | 9.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.1°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 41 | 10.1 | 7.78 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
- Zheleznogorsk (Kursk Oblast), Russia in DecemberRussia · 85 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Bryansk in DecemberRussia · 122 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.4°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kursk in DecemberRussia · 138 kmHigh -2.1°C · Low -6.4°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Yelets in DecemberRussia · 168 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Tula in DecemberRussia · 170 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kaluga in DecemberRussia · 174 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in DecemberRussia · 187 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in DecemberRussia · 212 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.4°C · 41 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 Orël) is explained once on the Orël year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.