Climate averages 1991–2020
Nukus weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th 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 Nukus: daytime highs average 2.8°C and nights cool to about -4.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.2 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 08 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Daşoguz (75 km away). In December its highs average 4.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Nukus, with 8.2 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Nukus ranks 27th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 4th of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 7.2°C; Nukus is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 1.6°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 9.2 mm to 9.0 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
Nukus climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-6.3°C | -6.3°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 9.59 h |
| February | 4.7°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.4 | 2.1 | 10.511 h |
| March | 12.6°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 17 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 18 | 4.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 27.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 14 | 3.5 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 5.3 | 1.5 | 15.215 h |
| July | 35.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 2.4 | 0.9 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.7 | 0.3 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 4.1 | 0.8 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.4°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.9°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 9.8 | 2.7 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 2.8°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.19 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
- Daşoguz in DecemberTurkmenistan · 75 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in DecemberUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Urganch in DecemberUzbekistan · 132 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.7°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Xiva in DecemberUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Baikonur in DecemberKazakhstan · 460 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -8.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Bukhara in DecemberUzbekistan · 503 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 504 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Ashgabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 512 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 21 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 Nukus) is explained once on the Nukus year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.