Climate averages 1991–2020
Xiva 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 Xiva: daytime highs average 4.4°C and nights cool to about -3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes December a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 15 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Urganch (29 km away). In December its highs average 4.3°C, about as warm as Xiva, with 7.4 mm of rain.
Among the 28 cities listed in Uzbekistan, Xiva ranks 25th of 28 for the warmest December highs and 2nd of 28 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 28 cities is 7.2°C; Xiva is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 3.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.5 mm to 9.5 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
Xiva climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.5°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 9.5 | 2.6 | 9.610 h |
| February | 6.5°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 11 | 2.7 | 10.611 h |
| March | 14.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 3.1 | 13.313 h |
| May | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 11 | 2.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 34.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 15.115 h |
| July | 36.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.815 h |
| August | 34.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 13.814 h |
| September | 27.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.7°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 5.4 | 1.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 10.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 8.6 | 2.6 | 9.910 h |
| December, selected | 4.4°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 7.5 | 1.9 | 9.29 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
- Urganch in DecemberUzbekistan · 29 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -3.7°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Daşoguz in DecemberTurkmenistan · 60 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Nukus in DecemberUzbekistan · 135 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -4.8°C · 9.2 mm rain
- Qŭnghirot in DecemberUzbekistan · 223 kmHigh 2.1°C · Low -5.1°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Türkmenabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 375 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Bukhara in DecemberUzbekistan · 388 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.4°C · 14 mm rain
- Ashgabat in DecemberTurkmenistan · 418 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Mary in DecemberTurkmenistan · 440 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 14 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 Xiva) is explained once on the Xiva year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.