Climate averages 1991–2020
Volgodonsk weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Volgodonsk: daytime highs average 0.8°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 32 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shakhty (147 km away). In December its highs average 0.5°C, about as warm as Volgodonsk, with 45 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volgodonsk ranks 33rd of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 183rd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Volgodonsk is 6.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to -0.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 40 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
Volgodonsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.9°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 40 | 9.1 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.4°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 33 | 8.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.5°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 41 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 33 | 7.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 48 | 8.5 | 15.115 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 7.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 34 | 6.3 | 15.616 h |
| August | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 25 | 4.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 22.1°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 33 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 41 | 7.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.8°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 37 | 7.4 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 0.8°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 43 | 8.8 | 8.59 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
- Shakhty in DecemberRussia · 147 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -4.2°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Novocherkassk in DecemberRussia · 155 kmHigh 1.0°C · Low -3.9°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in DecemberRussia · 167 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Novoshakhtinsk in DecemberRussia · 169 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.5°C · 45 mm precipitation
- Bataysk in DecemberRussia · 185 kmHigh 2.0°C · Low -2.9°C · 47 mm rain
- Rostov-on-Don in DecemberRussia · 187 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -3.2°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Elista in DecemberRussia · 208 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Azov in DecemberRussia · 211 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -2.8°C · 48 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 Volgodonsk) is explained once on the Volgodonsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.