Climate averages 1991–2020
Kyiv weather
in December.
A freezing month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Kyiv: daytime highs average -0.4°C and nights cool to about -4.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 06 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brovary (20 km away). In December its highs average 0.0°C, about as warm as Kyiv, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Kyiv ranks joint 49th 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; Kyiv is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 43 mm to 34 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
Kyiv 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-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.5 | 8.59 h |
| February | -0.3°C-6.0°C | -6.0°C | 34 | 8.4 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.1°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 39 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 44 | 9.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 63 | 11.0 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 68 | 11.0 | 16.416 h |
| July | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 84 | 12.2 | 16.016 h |
| August | 24.0°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 53 | 8.2 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 58 | 8.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 45 | 8.5 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.3°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 42 | 8.2 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | -0.4°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 43 | 9.1 | 8.18 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
- Brovary in DecemberUkraine · 20 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Bila Tserkva in DecemberUkraine · 78 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Chernihiv in DecemberUkraine · 128 kmHigh -0.6°C · Low -4.6°C · 44 mm precipitation
- Zhytomyr in DecemberUkraine · 133 kmHigh -0.1°C · Low -4.2°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Berdychiv in DecemberUkraine · 152 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Cherkasy in DecemberUkraine · 157 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.2°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Uman in DecemberUkraine · 191 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.7°C · 34 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in DecemberBelarus · 199 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 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 Kyiv) is explained once on the Kyiv year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.