Climate averages 1991–2020
Ukhta weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Ukhta: daytime highs average -9.7°C and nights cool to about -15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 4 h 41 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Syktyvkar (258 km away). In December its highs average -8.3°C, 1.4°C warmer than Ukhta, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ukhta ranks 187th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 60th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Ukhta is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to -12.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 30 mm to 27 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
Ukhta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.6°C-18.1°C | -18.1°C | 27 | 8.6 | 5.76 h |
| February | -11.2°C-16.9°C | -16.9°C | 23 | 8.0 | 8.69 h |
| March | -3.7°C-10.5°C | -10.5°C | 30 | 8.8 | 11.712 h |
| April | 3.2°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 38 | 8.6 | 14.915 h |
| May | 11.0°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 53 | 11.1 | 18.218 h |
| June | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 77 | 12.4 | 20.420 h |
| July | 20.8°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 66 | 11.4 | 19.419 h |
| August | 16.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 72 | 12.6 | 16.316 h |
| September | 10.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 63 | 13.5 | 13.113 h |
| October | 2.7°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 59 | 12.8 | 9.910 h |
| November | -5.3°C-9.9°C | -9.9°C | 37 | 9.7 | 6.87 h |
| December, selected | -9.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 30 | 9.7 | 4.75 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
- Syktyvkar in DecemberRussia · 258 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -13.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Solikamsk in DecemberRussia · 463 kmHigh -9.3°C · Low -14.3°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Berezniki in DecemberRussia · 491 kmHigh -9.4°C · Low -14.2°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Serov in DecemberRussia · 572 kmHigh -10.9°C · Low -17.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Kirovo-Chepetsk in DecemberRussia · 591 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Kirov in DecemberRussia · 593 kmHigh -7.2°C · Low -12.1°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Glazov in DecemberRussia · 606 kmHigh -7.8°C · Low -12.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Perm in DecemberRussia · 633 kmHigh -8.6°C · Low -13.6°C · 39 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 Ukhta) is explained once on the Ukhta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.