Climate averages 1991–2020
Peterhof weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Peterhof: daytime highs average -1.3°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of precipitation on roughly 13 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Petersburg (24 km away). In December its highs average -1.6°C, about as warm as Peterhof, with 49 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Peterhof ranks joint 39th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 226th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Peterhof is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -3.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 53 mm to 43 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
Peterhof climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.4°C-7.0°C | -7.0°C | 43 | 11.7 | 6.87 h |
| February | -3.7°C-7.6°C | -7.6°C | 34 | 9.3 | 9.19 h |
| March | 0.2°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 37 | 9.0 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.0°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 39 | 8.9 | 14.515 h |
| May | 13.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 48 | 8.6 | 17.117 h |
| June | 17.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 64 | 10.6 | 18.719 h |
| July | 20.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 62 | 10.2 | 18.018 h |
| August | 18.9°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 74 | 11.0 | 15.616 h |
| September | 13.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 63 | 11.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 72 | 13.0 | 10.210 h |
| November | 2.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 13.3 | 7.68 h |
| December, selected | -1.3°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 53 | 12.8 | 6.16 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
- Saint Petersburg in DecemberRussia · 24 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.0°C · 49 mm precipitation
- Pushkin in DecemberRussia · 34 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -5.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Gatchina in DecemberRussia · 36 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -5.7°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Kolpino in DecemberRussia · 41 kmHigh -1.7°C · Low -5.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Vyborg in DecemberRussia · 111 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -5.0°C · 59 mm precipitation
- Lappeenranta in DecemberFinland · 161 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -5.5°C · 52 mm precipitation
- Velikiy Novgorod in DecemberRussia · 170 kmHigh -1.8°C · Low -5.2°C · 51 mm precipitation
- Kouvola in DecemberFinland · 207 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.5°C · 54 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 Peterhof) is explained once on the Peterhof year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.