Climate averages 1991–2020
Vologda weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Vologda: daytime highs average -4.7°C and nights cool to about -9.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 17 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Cherepovets (113 km away). In December its highs average -4.2°C, about as warm as Vologda, with 47 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Vologda ranks joint 117th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 112th of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Vologda is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.3°C to -7.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 39 mm to 36 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
Vologda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.0°C-11.9°C | -11.9°C | 36 | 10.2 | 7.07 h |
| February | -6.2°C-11.8°C | -11.8°C | 30 | 8.3 | 9.29 h |
| March | -0.8°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 32 | 9.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 7.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 38 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 15.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 57 | 11.4 | 16.917 h |
| June | 19.3°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 78 | 11.9 | 18.418 h |
| July | 21.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 82 | 13.1 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 77 | 12.7 | 15.516 h |
| September | 13.6°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.913 h |
| October | 6.0°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 10.310 h |
| November | -1.0°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 46 | 10.2 | 7.88 h |
| December, selected | -4.7°C-9.1°C | -9.1°C | 39 | 11.2 | 6.36 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
- Cherepovets in DecemberRussia · 113 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.1°C · 47 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in DecemberRussia · 144 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Kostroma in DecemberRussia · 173 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Yaroslavl in DecemberRussia · 177 kmHigh -4.2°C · Low -8.4°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in DecemberRussia · 238 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -8.8°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in DecemberRussia · 255 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in DecemberRussia · 330 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Sergiyev Posad in DecemberRussia · 340 kmHigh -3.7°C · Low -7.9°C · 41 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 Vologda) is explained once on the Vologda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.