Climate averages 1991–2020
Perm weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Perm: daytime highs average -8.6°C and nights cool to about -13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 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 joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berezniki (159 km away). In December its highs average -9.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Perm, with 44 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Perm ranks joint 168th 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; Perm is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -10.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 34 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
Perm climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.4°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 34 | 10.4 | 7.37 h |
| February | -9.1°C-14.5°C | -14.5°C | 27 | 8.1 | 9.39 h |
| March | -1.4°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 36 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.7°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 8.6 | 14.314 h |
| May | 15.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 57 | 10.8 | 16.717 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 81 | 13.1 | 18.018 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 76 | 12.6 | 17.417 h |
| August | 19.2°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 77 | 12.4 | 15.415 h |
| September | 13.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 64 | 12.3 | 12.913 h |
| October | 5.4°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 62 | 12.5 | 10.410 h |
| November | -3.5°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 47 | 11.1 | 8.08 h |
| December, selected | -8.6°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 39 | 10.5 | 6.67 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
- Berezniki in DecemberRussia · 159 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -14.2°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Votkinsk in DecemberRussia · 172 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -12.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Solikamsk in DecemberRussia · 186 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -14.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Chaykovskiy in DecemberRussia · 189 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -12.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Glazov in DecemberRussia · 212 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Nizhny Tagil in DecemberRussia · 219 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -14.6°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Izhevsk in DecemberRussia · 223 kmHigh -7.7°C · Low -12.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Sarapul in DecemberRussia · 226 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -12.6°C · 42 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 Perm) is explained once on the Perm year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.