Climate averages 1991–2020
Horlivka weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Horlivka: daytime highs average -0.3°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 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 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 25 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yenakiyeve (15 km away). In December its highs average -0.2°C, about as warm as Horlivka, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Horlivka ranks 48th 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; Horlivka is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.5°C to -1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 41 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
Horlivka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.8°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 41 | 9.3 | 8.89 h |
| February | -0.5°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 36 | 7.6 | 10.210 h |
| March | 5.4°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 42 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.8°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 47 | 9.7 | 13.614 h |
| May | 20.3°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 56 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 62 | 10.1 | 16.016 h |
| July | 26.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 51 | 8.6 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 33 | 5.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 44 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 12.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 40 | 7.2 | 10.911 h |
| November | 4.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 37 | 7.3 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | -0.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 42 | 8.8 | 8.48 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
- Yenakiyeve in DecemberUkraine · 15 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -4.8°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Makiyivka in DecemberUkraine · 29 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -4.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Bakhmut in DecemberUkraine · 33 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Donetsk in DecemberUkraine · 35 kmHigh 0.1°C · Low -4.4°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Shakhtarsk in DecemberUkraine · 41 kmHigh -0.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Kadiyivka in DecemberUkraine · 55 kmHigh -0.5°C · Low -4.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Kramatorsk in DecemberUkraine · 58 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Alchevsk in DecemberUkraine · 61 kmHigh -0.4°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 Horlivka) is explained once on the Horlivka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.