Climate averages 1991–2020
Syktyvkar weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Syktyvkar: daytime highs average -8.3°C and nights cool to about -13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 5 h 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ukhta (258 km away). In December its highs average -9.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Syktyvkar, with 30 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Syktyvkar ranks joint 164th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 88th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Syktyvkar is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to -10.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 mm to 31 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
Syktyvkar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.9°C-16.3°C | -16.3°C | 31 | 9.9 | 6.36 h |
| February | -9.7°C-15.3°C | -15.3°C | 26 | 8.0 | 8.99 h |
| March | -2.6°C-9.3°C | -9.3°C | 32 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 4.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 38 | 9.4 | 14.715 h |
| May | 13.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 17.618 h |
| June | 18.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 75 | 12.4 | 19.419 h |
| July | 21.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 68 | 11.8 | 18.619 h |
| August | 17.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 77 | 13.2 | 15.916 h |
| September | 11.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 64 | 12.6 | 13.013 h |
| October | 3.8°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 60 | 13.1 | 10.110 h |
| November | -4.1°C-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 42 | 10.9 | 7.37 h |
| December, selected | -8.3°C-13.3°C | -13.3°C | 37 | 10.5 | 5.55 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
- Ukhta in DecemberRussia · 258 kmHigh -9.7°C · Low -15.0°C · 30 mm precipitation
- Kirov in DecemberRussia · 347 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Kirovo-Chepetsk in DecemberRussia · 349 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Solikamsk in DecemberRussia · 392 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -14.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Glazov in DecemberRussia · 405 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Berezniki in DecemberRussia · 413 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -14.2°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Perm in DecemberRussia · 507 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -13.6°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Votkinsk in DecemberRussia · 544 kmHigh -7.4°C · Low -12.1°C · 41 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 Syktyvkar) is explained once on the Syktyvkar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.