Climate averages 1991–2020
Odesa weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th 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 Odesa: daytime highs average 4.0°C and nights cool to about -0.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tiraspol (94 km away). In December its highs average 3.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Odesa, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Odesa ranks 6th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Odesa is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.9°C to 2.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Odesa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 34 | 6.1 | 9.09 h |
| February | 3.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 28 | 5.5 | 10.310 h |
| March | 7.6°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 32 | 7.3 | 11.912 h |
| April | 13.5°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 31 | 7.0 | 13.514 h |
| May | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 37 | 7.5 | 15.015 h |
| June | 24.8°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.716 h |
| July | 27.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 33 | 5.5 | 15.415 h |
| August | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 36 | 4.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.4°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 5.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.1°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 36 | 5.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 8.8°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 32 | 5.8 | 9.59 h |
| December, selected | 4.0°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 30 | 5.9 | 8.79 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Tiraspol in DecemberMoldova · 94 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Bender in DecemberMoldova · 104 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in DecemberUkraine · 110 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Chisinau in DecemberMoldova · 155 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -2.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Galaţi in DecemberRomania · 239 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -1.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in DecemberUkraine · 248 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Iaşi in DecemberRomania · 251 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Kropyvnytskyi in DecemberUkraine · 252 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -3.3°C · 34 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 Odesa) is explained once on the Odesa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.