Climate averages 1991–2020
Tobolsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Tobolsk: daytime highs average -11.2°C and nights cool to about -17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 33 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tyumen (200 km away). In December its highs average -10.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Tobolsk, with 22 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Tobolsk ranks joint 206th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 47th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Tobolsk is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to -13.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 26 mm to 20 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
Tobolsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -13.8°C-19.7°C | -19.7°C | 20 | 6.7 | 7.27 h |
| February | -11.0°C-17.5°C | -17.5°C | 16 | 5.0 | 9.39 h |
| March | -2.7°C-9.8°C | -9.8°C | 28 | 7.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 6.3°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 32 | 7.1 | 14.314 h |
| May | 14.8°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 9.9 | 16.717 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 72 | 12.2 | 18.118 h |
| July | 22.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 74 | 11.6 | 17.517 h |
| August | 19.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 74 | 13.0 | 15.415 h |
| September | 12.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 57 | 11.4 | 12.913 h |
| October | 4.8°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 41 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| November | -5.4°C-10.6°C | -10.6°C | 34 | 9.1 | 8.08 h |
| December, selected | -11.2°C-17.2°C | -17.2°C | 26 | 7.4 | 6.67 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
- Tyumen in DecemberRussia · 200 kmHigh -10.2°C · Low -16.4°C · 22 mm precipitation
- Khanty-Mansiysk in DecemberRussia · 315 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -20.0°C · 25 mm precipitation
- Kurgan in DecemberRussia · 353 kmHigh -9.5°C · Low -15.9°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Shadrinsk in DecemberRussia · 364 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -15.1°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Petropavl in DecemberKazakhstan · 374 kmHigh -9.7°C · Low -15.7°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Nefteyugansk in DecemberRussia · 405 kmHigh -14.0°C · Low -20.3°C · 24 mm precipitation
- Asbest in DecemberRussia · 425 kmHigh -9.6°C · Low -15.3°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Ural’skiy in DecemberRussia · 429 kmHigh -9.0°C · Low -14.5°C · 22 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 Tobolsk) is explained once on the Tobolsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.