Climate averages 1991–2020
Qŭnghirot weather
in December.
A cold, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Qŭnghirot: daytime highs average 2.1°C and nights cool to about -5.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.0 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 04 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nukus (90 km away). In December its highs average 2.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Qŭnghirot, with 9.2 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Qŭnghirot ranks 28th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 3rd of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 7.2°C; Qŭnghirot is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 0.7°C, and monthly precipitation rises from 9.0 mm to 9.2 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
Qŭnghirot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.7°C-6.7°C | -6.7°C | 9.2 | 2.7 | 9.49 h |
| February | 3.8°C-5.6°C | -5.6°C | 9.6 | 2.3 | 10.510 h |
| March | 11.7°C0.2°C | 0.2°C | 18 | 3.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 20.4°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 20 | 4.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 27.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 16 | 3.6 | 14.615 h |
| June | 33.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 15.315 h |
| July | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 33.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.7 | 0.4 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.0 | 1.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 8.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 13 | 3.3 | 9.810 h |
| December, selected | 2.1°C-5.1°C | -5.1°C | 9.0 | 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
- Nukus in DecemberUzbekistan · 90 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.8°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Daşoguz in DecemberTurkmenistan · 163 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Urganch in DecemberUzbekistan · 222 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.7°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Xiva in DecemberUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -3.3°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Baikonur in DecemberKazakhstan · 457 kmHigh -2.0°C · Low -8.6°C · 13 mm precipitation
- Zhanaozen in DecemberKazakhstan · 486 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Balkanabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 542 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 7.6 mm rain
- Ashgabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 568 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 Qŭnghirot) is explained once on the Qŭnghirot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.