Climate averages 1991–2020
Melitopol weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Melitopol: daytime highs average 3.0°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 37 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berdyansk (108 km away). In December its highs average 2.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Melitopol, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Melitopol ranks joint 7th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 7th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Melitopol is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 1.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 35 mm to 32 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
Melitopol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5°C-3.6°C | -3.6°C | 32 | 7.7 | 9.09 h |
| February | 3.1°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 28 | 6.0 | 10.310 h |
| March | 8.2°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 35 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.3°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 39 | 7.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 44 | 8.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 26.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 45 | 8.4 | 15.816 h |
| July | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 35 | 6.2 | 15.515 h |
| August | 29.1°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 31 | 4.8 | 14.214 h |
| September | 22.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 33 | 5.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 28 | 5.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 32 | 6.2 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 3.0°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 35 | 6.9 | 8.69 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
- Berdyansk in DecemberUkraine · 108 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Nikopol in DecemberUkraine · 110 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Zaporizhzhya in DecemberUkraine · 113 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Mariupol in DecemberUkraine · 166 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -1.6°C · 46 mm precipitation
- Dnipro in DecemberUkraine · 182 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kerch in DecemberUkraine · 186 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Kryvyy Rih in DecemberUkraine · 190 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Pavlohrad in DecemberUkraine · 191 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 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 Melitopol) is explained once on the Melitopol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.