Climate averages 1991–2020
Samar weather
in December.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Samar: daytime highs average 0.6°C and nights cool to about -3.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 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 22 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dnipro (24 km away). In December its highs average 0.9°C, about as warm as Samar, with 37 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Samar ranks joint 29th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 23rd of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Samar is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to -1.0°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 40 mm to 39 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
Samar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.0°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 39 | 8.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | 0.4°C-5.8°C | -5.8°C | 33 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 6.5°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 44 | 9.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 45 | 8.6 | 13.714 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 54 | 9.9 | 15.215 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 62 | 10.3 | 16.116 h |
| July | 27.7°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 52 | 8.7 | 15.716 h |
| August | 27.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 43 | 5.9 | 14.414 h |
| September | 21.1°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 7.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 13.5°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 38 | 7.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 5.6°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 38 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| December, selected | 0.6°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 40 | 8.1 | 8.48 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
- Dnipro in DecemberUkraine · 24 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Pavlohrad in DecemberUkraine · 46 kmHigh 0.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Kamyanske in DecemberUkraine · 50 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.5°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Zaporizhzhya in DecemberUkraine · 87 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.8°C · 39 mm precipitation
- Poltava in DecemberUkraine · 118 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Nikopol in DecemberUkraine · 134 kmHigh 1.5°C · Low -2.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Kremenchuk in DecemberUkraine · 144 kmHigh 0.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 37 mm precipitation
- Oleksandriya in DecemberUkraine · 157 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 Samar) is explained once on the Samar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.