Climate averages 1991–2020
Volgograd weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Volgograd: daytime highs average -1.2°C and nights cool to about -5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Volzhsky (22 km away). In December its highs average -1.3°C, about as warm as Volgograd, with 32 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Volgograd ranks 38th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 74th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Volgograd is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to -2.9°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 34 mm to 31 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
Volgograd climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.9°C-7.9°C | -7.9°C | 31 | 8.0 | 8.89 h |
| February | -2.1°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 26 | 6.5 | 10.110 h |
| March | 5.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 31 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.8°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 30 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 22.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 40 | 7.3 | 15.215 h |
| June | 27.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 35 | 6.9 | 16.116 h |
| July | 30.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 28 | 5.8 | 15.716 h |
| August | 29.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 23 | 4.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 21.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 33 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.2°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 25 | 6.2 | 9.29 h |
| December, selected | -1.2°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 34 | 7.8 | 8.48 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
- Volzhsky in DecemberRussia · 22 kmHigh -1.3°C · Low -5.8°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Kamyshin in DecemberRussia · 167 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 32 mm precipitation
- Volgodonsk in DecemberRussia · 219 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Elista in DecemberRussia · 268 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.5°C · 28 mm precipitation
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky in DecemberRussia · 315 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.5°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Engels in DecemberRussia · 329 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -8.4°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Balashov in DecemberRussia · 329 kmHigh -3.4°C · Low -7.9°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Saratov in DecemberRussia · 332 kmHigh -4.0°C · Low -8.6°C · 35 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 Volgograd) is explained once on the Volgograd year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.