Climate averages 1991–2020
Kerch weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kerch: daytime highs average 5.3°C and nights cool to about 2.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Novorossiysk (123 km away). In December its highs average 7.4°C, 2.1°C warmer than Kerch, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kerch ranks 4th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 28th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Kerch is 4.3°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 3.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Kerch climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.6°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 39 | 8.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 4.0°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 30 | 7.5 | 10.410 h |
| March | 7.2°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 35 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 30 | 6.7 | 13.513 h |
| May | 19.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 29 | 6.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 24.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 35 | 6.7 | 15.616 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 19 | 4.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 27 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 31 | 5.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 9.4°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 35 | 6.9 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 41 | 8.9 | 8.89 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Novorossiysk in DecemberRussia · 123 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 63 mm rain
- Berdyansk in DecemberUkraine · 157 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Melitopol in DecemberUkraine · 186 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Simferopol in DecemberUkraine · 191 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 38 mm rain
- Krasnodar in DecemberRussia · 199 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -0.7°C · 66 mm rain
- Yeysk in DecemberRussia · 204 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -0.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Yalta in DecemberUkraine · 205 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Mariupol in DecemberUkraine · 210 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 46 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 Kerch) is explained once on the Kerch year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.