Climate averages 1991–2020
Zhytomyr weather
in December.
A freezing month with light precipitation: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a freezing month in Zhytomyr: daytime highs average -0.1°C and nights cool to about -4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes December a month with light precipitation (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 8 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berdychiv (42 km away). In December its highs average 0.2°C, about as warm as Zhytomyr, with 38 mm of precipitation.
Among the 59 cities listed in Ukraine, Zhytomyr ranks joint 44th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 18th of 59 for the driest December (precipitation, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 1.1°C; Zhytomyr is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.3°C to -1.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 38 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
Zhytomyr climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -1.4°C-5.9°C | -5.9°C | 32 | 8.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 0.1°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 33 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| March | 5.5°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 41 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| April | 13.3°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 46 | 10.1 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 66 | 11.6 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.5°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 71 | 12.0 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 91 | 12.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 23.7°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.2°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 9.5 | 12.713 h |
| October | 11.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 42 | 8.2 | 10.811 h |
| November | 4.8°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 41 | 8.2 | 9.19 h |
| December, selected | -0.1°C-4.2°C | -4.2°C | 38 | 9.3 | 8.18 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
- Berdychiv in DecemberUkraine · 42 kmHigh 0.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 38 mm precipitation
- Bila Tserkva in DecemberUkraine · 115 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -3.8°C · 40 mm precipitation
- Vinnytsya in DecemberUkraine · 116 kmHigh 0.4°C · Low -3.9°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Kyiv in DecemberUkraine · 133 kmHigh -0.4°C · Low -4.3°C · 43 mm precipitation
- Brovary in DecemberUkraine · 152 kmHigh 0.0°C · Low -3.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Khmelnytskyi in DecemberUkraine · 154 kmHigh 0.3°C · Low -4.1°C · 35 mm precipitation
- Rivne in DecemberUkraine · 177 kmHigh 0.9°C · Low -3.2°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Mazyr in DecemberBelarus · 201 kmHigh -0.7°C · Low -4.7°C · 40 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 Zhytomyr) is explained once on the Zhytomyr year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.