Climate averages 1991–2020
Lutsk weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Lutsk: daytime highs average 1.0°C and nights cool to about -3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of precipitation on roughly 10 days, which makes December a month with moderate precipitation (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 03 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rivne (64 km away). In December its highs average 0.9°C, about as warm as Lutsk, with 42 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Lutsk ranks joint 21st 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; Lutsk is level with that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 42 mm to 37 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
Lutsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -0.3°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 37 | 9.3 | 8.59 h |
| February | 1.3°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 37 | 9.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 6.2°C-1.3°C | -1.3°C | 44 | 10.2 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.6°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 46 | 10.0 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.9°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 76 | 13.1 | 15.515 h |
| June | 22.2°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 83 | 13.3 | 16.416 h |
| July | 23.9°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 100 | 13.4 | 16.016 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 72 | 10.4 | 14.515 h |
| September | 18.3°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 68 | 9.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 12.2°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 10.811 h |
| November | 5.9°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 40 | 9.6 | 9.09 h |
| December, selected | 1.0°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 42 | 10.0 | 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
- Rivne in DecemberUkraine · 64 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Ternopil in DecemberUkraine · 135 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -3.9°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Lviv in DecemberUkraine · 139 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.2°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Pinsk in DecemberBelarus · 160 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.6°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Brest in DecemberBelarus · 188 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Khmelnytskyi in DecemberUkraine · 189 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Lublin in DecemberPoland · 202 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.5°C · 41 mm precipitation
- Drohobych in DecemberUkraine · 204 kmHigh 1.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 53 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 Lutsk) is explained once on the Lutsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.