Climate averages 1991–2020
Yaroslavl weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Yaroslavl: daytime highs average -4.2°C and nights cool to about -8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 11 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 6 h 42 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kostroma (64 km away). In December its highs average -4.4°C, about as warm as Yaroslavl, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yaroslavl ranks joint 107th of 236 for the warmest December highs and joint 133rd of 236 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 236 cities is -5.4°C; Yaroslavl is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to -6.1°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 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
Yaroslavl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -6.1°C-11.1°C | -11.1°C | 40 | 10.7 | 7.37 h |
| February | -5.6°C-11.2°C | -11.2°C | 32 | 8.5 | 9.49 h |
| March | 0.0°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 34 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 8.7°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 39 | 9.2 | 14.314 h |
| May | 16.4°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 57 | 11.2 | 16.617 h |
| June | 20.3°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 78 | 12.1 | 17.918 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.417 h |
| August | 20.5°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 72 | 12.0 | 15.315 h |
| September | 14.6°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 60 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| October | 7.0°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 60 | 11.6 | 10.410 h |
| November | -0.3°C-3.9°C | -3.9°C | 48 | 10.5 | 8.18 h |
| December, selected | -4.2°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 40 | 10.7 | 6.77 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
- Kostroma in DecemberRussia · 64 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.7°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Rybinsk in DecemberRussia · 77 kmHigh -3.8°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Ivanovo in DecemberRussia · 96 kmHigh -4.4°C · Low -8.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kineshma in DecemberRussia · 136 kmHigh -4.6°C · Low -8.8°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Kovrov in DecemberRussia · 166 kmHigh -4.1°C · Low -8.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Vladimir in DecemberRussia · 169 kmHigh -3.9°C · Low -8.2°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Vologda in DecemberRussia · 177 kmHigh -4.7°C · Low -9.1°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Sergiyev Posad in DecemberRussia · 180 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 Yaroslavl) is explained once on the Yaroslavl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.