Climate averages 1991–2020
Ulan-Ude weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the 11th 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 Ulan-Ude: daytime highs average -13.7°C and nights cool to about -22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 6.6 mm of precipitation on roughly 2 days, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Irkutsk (232 km away). In December its highs average -11.4°C, 2.3°C warmer than Ulan-Ude, with 9.5 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Ulan-Ude ranks 219th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Ulan-Ude is 8.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to -15.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 6.6 mm to 2.7 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
Ulan-Ude climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -15.9°C-27.2°C | -27.2°C | 2.7 | 1.0 | 8.48 h |
| February | -9.3°C-23.8°C | -23.8°C | 2.9 | 1.1 | 9.910 h |
| March | 0.1°C-13.2°C | -13.2°C | 4.9 | 1.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 9.4°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 15 | 3.7 | 13.814 h |
| May | 17.1°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 31 | 6.7 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.9°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.617 h |
| July | 25.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 53 | 9.6 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.1°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 68 | 9.9 | 14.615 h |
| September | 15.6°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 44 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 6.3°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 14 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | -4.4°C-12.3°C | -12.3°C | 9.3 | 3.2 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -13.7°C-22.6°C | -22.6°C | 6.6 | 2.4 | 7.98 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
- Irkutsk in DecemberRussia · 232 kmHigh -11.4°C · Low -19.4°C · 9.5 mm precipitation
- Angarsk in DecemberRussia · 264 kmHigh -12.8°C · Low -21.5°C · 8.2 mm precipitation
- Darhan in DecemberMongolia · 286 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -20.6°C · 4.1 mm precipitation
- Usol’ye-Sibirskoye in DecemberRussia · 288 kmHigh -13.6°C · Low -22.1°C · 8.6 mm precipitation
- Erdenet in DecemberMongolia · 398 kmHigh -10.0°C · Low -18.7°C · 3.2 mm precipitation
- Chita in DecemberRussia · 405 kmHigh -15.6°C · Low -24.6°C · 3.4 mm precipitation
- Ulan Bator in DecemberMongolia · 439 kmHigh -10.8°C · Low -20.9°C · 2.1 mm precipitation
- Bratsk in DecemberRussia · 618 kmHigh -14.3°C · Low -19.6°C · 14 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 Ulan-Ude) is explained once on the Ulan-Ude year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.