Climate averages 1991–2020
Simferopol weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Simferopol: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 51 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yalta (51 km away). In December its highs average 6.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Simferopol, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Simferopol ranks 5th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 18th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Simferopol is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 3.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 38 mm to 37 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
Simferopol climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 37 | 8.5 | 9.29 h |
| February | 4.6°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 33 | 8.0 | 10.410 h |
| March | 8.8°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 40 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 41 | 8.4 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.9°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| June | 25.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 65 | 11.0 | 15.516 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 38 | 7.3 | 15.215 h |
| August | 28.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 40 | 6.6 | 14.114 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 33 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 34 | 6.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 36 | 6.7 | 9.610 h |
| December, selected | 5.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 38 | 8.1 | 8.89 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
- Yalta in DecemberUkraine · 51 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low 2.1°C · 42 mm rain
- Sevastopol in DecemberUkraine · 61 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 3.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Yevpatoriya in DecemberUkraine · 64 kmHigh 6.2°C · Low 1.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Kerch in DecemberUkraine · 191 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low 2.2°C · 41 mm rain
- Melitopol in DecemberUkraine · 232 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -1.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Mykolayiv in DecemberUkraine · 278 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Berdyansk in DecemberUkraine · 288 kmHigh 2.5°C · Low -0.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Novorossiysk in DecemberRussia · 289 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 2.8°C · 63 mm rain
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 Simferopol) is explained once on the Simferopol year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.