Climate averages 1991–2020
Kropyvnytskyi weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Kropyvnytskyi: daytime highs average 1.1°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 23 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Oleksandriya (65 km away). In December its highs average 0.9°C, about as warm as Kropyvnytskyi, with 36 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kropyvnytskyi ranks 20th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 4th of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Kropyvnytskyi is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to -0.5°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 34 mm to 35 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
Kropyvnytskyi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.5°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 35 | 7.6 | 8.89 h |
| February | 1.3°C-5.0°C | -5.0°C | 29 | 6.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.8°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 40 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.7°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 39 | 8.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 53 | 10.1 | 15.215 h |
| June | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 68 | 10.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 27.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 58 | 9.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 6.8 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 47 | 7.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.9°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 36 | 6.2 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 1.1°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 34 | 6.8 | 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
- Oleksandriya in DecemberUkraine · 65 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 36 mm precipitation
- Kremenchuk in DecemberUkraine · 104 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Cherkasy in DecemberUkraine · 105 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.2°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kryvyy Rih in DecemberUkraine · 107 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Uman in DecemberUkraine · 153 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Mykolayiv in DecemberUkraine · 172 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Kamyanske in DecemberUkraine · 172 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Nikopol in DecemberUkraine · 189 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 37 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 Kropyvnytskyi) is explained once on the Kropyvnytskyi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.