Climate averages 1991–2020
Nikopol weather
in December.
A cold month with light precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Nikopol: daytime highs average 1.5°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 37 mm of precipitation on roughly 7 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaporizhzhya (63 km away). In December its highs average 1.5°C, about as warm as Nikopol, with 39 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Nikopol ranks joint 15th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 12th of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Nikopol is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to -0.3°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 37 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
Nikopol 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-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 34 | 7.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 1.1°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 30 | 6.2 | 10.210 h |
| March | 6.3°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 38 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 39 | 7.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 21.1°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 47 | 8.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 25.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 48 | 8.7 | 15.916 h |
| July | 27.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 35 | 6.4 | 15.616 h |
| August | 27.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 32 | 5.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 40 | 6.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.8°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.911 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 36 | 6.3 | 9.49 h |
| December, selected | 1.5°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 37 | 6.9 | 8.59 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
- Zaporizhzhya in DecemberUkraine · 63 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Kryvyy Rih in DecemberUkraine · 83 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -3.0°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kamyanske in DecemberUkraine · 107 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Melitopol in DecemberUkraine · 110 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Dnipro in DecemberUkraine · 111 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Samar in DecemberUkraine · 134 kmHigh 0.6°C · Low -3.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Pavlohrad in DecemberUkraine · 153 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Oleksandriya in DecemberUkraine · 155 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.4°C · 36 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 Nikopol) is explained once on the Nikopol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.