Climate averages 1991–2020
Sochi weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Sochi: daytime highs average 9.8°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 00 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Adler (25 km away). In December its highs average 10.2°C, about as warm as Sochi, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Sochi ranks 2nd of 236 for the warmest December highs and 236th of 236 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Sochi is 15.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 7.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 145 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Sochi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.7°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 145 | 15.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 7.8°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 109 | 12.0 | 10.510 h |
| March | 10.3°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 112 | 13.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 87 | 10.7 | 13.413 h |
| May | 19.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 81 | 10.1 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 15.415 h |
| July | 25.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 80 | 9.9 | 15.115 h |
| August | 26.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 66 | 9.2 | 14.014 h |
| September | 22.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 112 | 9.7 | 12.613 h |
| October | 18.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 134 | 10.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 130 | 10.9 | 9.710 h |
| December, selected | 9.8°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 146 | 14.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Adler in DecemberRussia · 25 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 4.5°C · 144 mm rain
- Maykop in DecemberRussia · 116 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -2.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Krasnodar in DecemberRussia · 172 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Armavir in DecemberRussia · 191 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -2.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Cherkessk in DecemberRussia · 199 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -5.5°C · 44 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in DecemberRussia · 201 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Nevinnomyssk in DecemberRussia · 211 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -3.7°C · 43 mm rain
- Kropotkin in DecemberRussia · 215 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -1.5°C · 53 mm rain
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 Sochi) is explained once on the Sochi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.