Climate averages 1991–2020
Kharkiv weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Kharkiv: daytime highs average -0.8°C and nights cool to about -5.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 10 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Belgorod (73 km away). In December its highs average -1.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kharkiv, with 43 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kharkiv ranks 55th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 45th of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Kharkiv is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -2.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 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
Kharkiv climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.4°C-7.1°C | -7.1°C | 40 | 9.6 | 8.69 h |
| February | -1.1°C-7.2°C | -7.2°C | 35 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 4.8°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 44 | 9.7 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.8°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 42 | 9.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 20.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 53 | 10.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 24.3°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 61 | 10.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 26.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 58 | 10.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 25.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 43 | 6.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 45 | 7.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 10.811 h |
| November | 3.9°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 38 | 7.4 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | -0.8°C-5.2°C | -5.2°C | 43 | 8.7 | 8.28 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
- Belgorod in DecemberRussia · 73 kmHigh -1.6°C · Low -5.8°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Poltava in DecemberUkraine · 130 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Sumy in DecemberUkraine · 146 kmHigh -1.4°C · Low -5.6°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Slovyansk in DecemberUkraine · 159 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.9°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Pavlohrad in DecemberUkraine · 164 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Samar in DecemberUkraine · 167 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Kramatorsk in DecemberUkraine · 168 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.1°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Gubkin in DecemberRussia · 171 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -6.4°C · 41 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 Kharkiv) is explained once on the Kharkiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.