Climate averages 1991–2020
Chernihiv weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Chernihiv: daytime highs average -0.6°C and nights cool to about -4.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 7 h 56 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Homyel' (105 km away). In December its highs average -1.0°C, about as warm as Chernihiv, with 41 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Chernihiv ranks joint 53rd of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 50th of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Chernihiv is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to -2.1°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 44 mm to 37 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
Chernihiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.1°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 37 | 9.4 | 8.48 h |
| February | -0.9°C-6.5°C | -6.5°C | 34 | 8.6 | 9.910 h |
| March | 4.9°C-2.7°C | -2.7°C | 39 | 9.4 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.5°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 43 | 8.5 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.7°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 62 | 11.2 | 15.616 h |
| June | 23.2°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 65 | 10.6 | 16.517 h |
| July | 24.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 82 | 12.2 | 16.116 h |
| August | 24.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 54 | 8.5 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.4°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 53 | 8.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.3°C4.9°C | 4.9°C | 47 | 8.9 | 10.711 h |
| November | 4.1°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 41 | 8.4 | 8.99 h |
| December, selected | -0.6°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 44 | 9.3 | 7.98 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
- Homyel' in DecemberBelarus · 105 kmHigh -1.0°C · Low -4.9°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Brovary in DecemberUkraine · 116 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kyiv in DecemberUkraine · 128 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Konotop in DecemberUkraine · 136 kmHigh -1.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in DecemberBelarus · 154 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Shostka in DecemberUkraine · 156 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Zhlobin in DecemberBelarus · 177 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Bila Tserkva in DecemberUkraine · 207 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 40 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 Chernihiv) is explained once on the Chernihiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.