Climate averages 1991–2020
Rubtsovsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light 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 Rubtsovsk: daytime highs average -8.6°C and nights cool to about -15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Semey (139 km away). In December its highs average -7.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Rubtsovsk, with 22 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Rubtsovsk ranks joint 168th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 72nd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Rubtsovsk is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.9°C to -11.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 33 mm to 23 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
Rubtsovsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -11.5°C-18.9°C | -18.9°C | 23 | 6.8 | 8.48 h |
| February | -8.7°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 21 | 5.3 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.5°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 25 | 6.5 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 29 | 6.9 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.1°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 38 | 8.3 | 15.616 h |
| June | 25.3°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 45 | 8.8 | 16.517 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 65 | 11.5 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 35 | 7.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.4°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 32 | 6.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.8°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 35 | 8.0 | 10.711 h |
| November | -1.5°C-8.0°C | -8.0°C | 38 | 8.6 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -8.6°C-15.6°C | -15.6°C | 33 | 8.6 | 7.98 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
- Semey in DecemberKazakhstan · 139 kmHigh -7.6°C · Low -15.7°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Ust-Kamenogorsk in DecemberKazakhstan · 198 kmHigh -6.9°C · Low -15.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Barnaul in DecemberRussia · 267 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -17.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Biysk in DecemberRussia · 296 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -16.2°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Pavlodar in DecemberKazakhstan · 303 kmHigh -8.9°C · Low -15.7°C · 15 mm precipitation
- Berdsk in DecemberRussia · 382 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -16.0°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Novosibirsk in DecemberRussia · 407 kmHigh -10.6°C · Low -16.9°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Ekibastuz in DecemberKazakhstan · 407 kmHigh -7.9°C · Low -14.7°C · 13 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 Rubtsovsk) is explained once on the Rubtsovsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.