Climate averages 1991–2020
Vladivostok 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 Vladivostok: daytime highs average -4.8°C and nights cool to about -10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of precipitation on roughly 4 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Artëm (38 km away). In December its highs average -6.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Vladivostok, with 18 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vladivostok ranks 120th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 20th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Vladivostok is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.7°C to -7.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 19 mm to 12 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
Vladivostok climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.5°C-13.6°C | -13.6°C | 12 | 2.1 | 9.49 h |
| February | -4.0°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 14 | 2.9 | 10.510 h |
| March | 1.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 27 | 4.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 7.1°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 42 | 6.9 | 13.413 h |
| May | 11.7°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 81 | 10.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 16.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 70 | 9.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 20.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 137 | 10.7 | 15.015 h |
| August | 22.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 150 | 11.9 | 13.914 h |
| September | 19.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 89 | 8.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 12.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 61 | 6.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 3.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 36 | 5.0 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | -4.8°C-10.8°C | -10.8°C | 19 | 3.5 | 9.19 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
- Artëm in DecemberRussia · 38 kmHigh -6.0°C · Low -15.0°C · 18 mm precipitation
- Ussuriysk in DecemberRussia · 78 kmHigh -6.6°C · Low -16.4°C · 16 mm precipitation
- Nakhodka in DecemberRussia · 90 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -11.2°C · 26 mm precipitation
- Hunchun in DecemberChina · 126 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -13.4°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Ŭndŏk in DecemberNorth Korea · 141 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -11.2°C · 14 mm precipitation
- Suifenhe in DecemberChina · 155 kmHigh -8.3°C · Low -17.5°C · 11 mm precipitation
- Tumen in DecemberChina · 166 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -14.0°C · 10 mm precipitation
- Wangqing in DecemberChina · 173 kmHigh -5.8°C · Low -15.1°C · 10 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 Vladivostok) is explained once on the Vladivostok year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.