Climate averages 1991–2020
Donetsk weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Donetsk: daytime highs average 0.1°C and nights cool to about -4.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 27 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makiyivka (10 km away). In December its highs average 0.1°C, about as warm as Donetsk, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Donetsk ranks joint 40th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 32nd of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Donetsk is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -1.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 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
Donetsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.3°C-6.4°C | -6.4°C | 40 | 8.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 0.1°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 36 | 7.3 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.8°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 42 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 45 | 9.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.6°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 58 | 10.2 | 15.115 h |
| June | 24.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 63 | 10.6 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 48 | 8.3 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 33 | 6.0 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.6°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 41 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.1°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.0°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 37 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 0.1°C-4.4°C | -4.4°C | 42 | 8.6 | 8.58 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
- Makiyivka in DecemberUkraine · 10 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -4.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Horlivka in DecemberUkraine · 35 kmHigh -0.3°C · Low -4.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Yenakiyeve in DecemberUkraine · 38 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Shakhtarsk in DecemberUkraine · 47 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Bakhmut in DecemberUkraine · 65 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kramatorsk in DecemberUkraine · 81 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Khrustalnyi in DecemberUkraine · 84 kmHigh -0.9°C · Low -5.6°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kadiyivka in DecemberUkraine · 87 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.9°C · 42 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 Donetsk) is explained once on the Donetsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.