Climate averages 1991–2020
Saratov weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Saratov: daytime highs average -4.0°C and nights cool to about -8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 5th 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 Engels (10 km away). In December its highs average -3.7°C, about as warm as Saratov, with 35 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Saratov ranks joint 104th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 78th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Saratov is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to -5.9°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 35 mm to 36 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
Saratov climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -5.9°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 36 | 8.7 | 8.48 h |
| February | -5.7°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 30 | 7.0 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.4°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 33 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 11.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 35 | 7.2 | 13.814 h |
| May | 20.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 38 | 7.4 | 15.616 h |
| June | 24.7°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 47 | 8.5 | 16.617 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 41 | 7.5 | 16.116 h |
| August | 25.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 29 | 5.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 46 | 6.6 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.7°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 36 | 7.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | 1.7°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 32 | 7.1 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -4.0°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 35 | 8.4 | 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
- Engels in DecemberRussia · 10 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Vol’sk in DecemberRussia · 111 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.4°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Balakovo in DecemberRussia · 136 kmHigh -4.5°C · Low -9.2°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kamyshin in DecemberRussia · 166 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kuznetsk in DecemberRussia · 180 kmHigh -5.2°C · Low -10.0°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Balashov in DecemberRussia · 195 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Penza in DecemberRussia · 196 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -9.1°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Syzran in DecemberRussia · 246 kmHigh -5.1°C · Low -9.8°C · 35 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 Saratov) is explained once on the Saratov year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Engels lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.