Climate averages 1991–2020
Yakutsk weather
in December.
A freezing month with very little precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Yakutsk: daytime highs average -33.6°C and nights cool to about -38.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 1.7 mm of precipitation on fewer than one day, which makes December a month with very little precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 5 h 21 min on an average December day.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yakutsk ranks 236th of 236 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Yakutsk is 28.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.5°C to -33.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 1.7 mm to 1.6 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
Yakutsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -33.1°C-38.7°C | -38.7°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 6.26 h |
| February | -27.0°C-35.2°C | -35.2°C | 2.0 | 0.8 | 8.89 h |
| March | -12.2°C-23.5°C | -23.5°C | 4.0 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| April | 1.5°C-10.3°C | -10.3°C | 9.6 | 3.1 | 14.715 h |
| May | 12.9°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 26 | 7.0 | 17.718 h |
| June | 22.2°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 19.620 h |
| July | 24.7°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 45 | 7.8 | 18.719 h |
| August | 20.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 44 | 7.7 | 16.016 h |
| September | 10.5°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 37 | 8.4 | 13.013 h |
| October | -3.3°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 16 | 5.1 | 10.010 h |
| November | -22.2°C-27.9°C | -27.9°C | 8.0 | 2.8 | 7.27 h |
| December, selected | -33.6°C-38.5°C | -38.5°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 5.35 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
- Magadan in DecemberRussia · 1170 kmHigh -16.3°C · Low -20.2°C · 23 mm precipitation
- Blagoveshchensk in DecemberRussia · 1314 kmHigh -15.6°C · Low -24.3°C · 7.1 mm precipitation
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur in DecemberRussia · 1351 kmHigh -17.1°C · Low -23.9°C · 21 mm precipitation
- Chita in DecemberRussia · 1474 kmHigh -15.6°C · Low -24.6°C · 3.4 mm precipitation
- Birobidzhan in DecemberRussia · 1485 kmHigh -14.6°C · Low -25.9°C · 12 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 Yakutsk) is explained once on the Yakutsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.