Climate averages 1991–2020
Yelets weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Yelets: daytime highs average -2.4°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 39 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lipetsk (70 km away). In December its highs average -3.0°C, 0.6°C cooler than Yelets, with 40 mm of precipitation.
Among the 236 cities listed in Russia, Yelets ranks joint 53rd 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; Yelets is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to -4.3°C, and monthly precipitation stays at 39 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
Yelets climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.3°C-8.9°C | -8.9°C | 39 | 9.4 | 8.28 h |
| February | -3.9°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 35 | 8.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 1.9°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 35 | 8.8 | 11.812 h |
| April | 12.4°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 44 | 9.1 | 13.914 h |
| May | 19.4°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 52 | 10.2 | 15.716 h |
| June | 23.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 58 | 11.2 | 16.817 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 64 | 11.5 | 16.316 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 49 | 8.4 | 14.715 h |
| September | 17.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 10.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 52 | 9.2 | 10.711 h |
| November | 2.3°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 7.7 | 8.89 h |
| December, selected | -2.4°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 39 | 9.1 | 7.78 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
- Lipetsk in DecemberRussia · 70 kmHigh -3.0°C · Low -7.3°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Voronezh in DecemberRussia · 115 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Michurinsk in DecemberRussia · 137 kmHigh -3.2°C · Low -7.7°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Staryy Oskol in DecemberRussia · 153 kmHigh -1.9°C · Low -6.3°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Novomoskovsk in DecemberRussia · 156 kmHigh -3.5°C · Low -7.7°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in DecemberRussia · 162 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.4°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Orël in DecemberRussia · 168 kmHigh -2.4°C · Low -6.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Tula in DecemberRussia · 186 kmHigh -3.1°C · Low -7.3°C · 43 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 Yelets) is explained once on the Yelets year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.