Climate averages 1991–2020
Shakhty weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Shakhty: daytime highs average 0.5°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novoshakhtinsk (22 km away). In December its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Shakhty, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Shakhty ranks 34th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 204th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Shakhty is 5.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -1.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 45 mm to 44 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
Shakhty climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-6.1°C | -6.1°C | 44 | 9.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.2°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 39 | 8.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.5°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 43 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.3°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 58 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 46 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 28.8°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 41 | 7.5 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 30 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 38 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 39 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.6°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 37 | 7.0 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 0.5°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 45 | 8.7 | 8.58 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
- Novoshakhtinsk in DecemberRussia · 22 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Novocherkassk in DecemberRussia · 34 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in DecemberRussia · 67 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Rostov-on-Don in DecemberRussia · 67 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Bataysk in DecemberRussia · 73 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Azov in DecemberRussia · 91 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 48 mm precipitation
- Khrustalnyi in DecemberUkraine · 107 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Taganrog in DecemberRussia · 112 kmHigh 1.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 49 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 Shakhty) is explained once on the Shakhty year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.