Orsha weather in December

In December, Orsha sees average daytime highs of -2°C and overnight lows near -5°C, with 40 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 7.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -1°C in the first days to -2°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Orsha's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orsha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-2°
10th warmest
Overnight low
-5°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
40 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
7 hours
9:23 AM – 4:26 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
0.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Orsha is city in Belarus.

Density
2,642/km²
people per km²
Founded
1067

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about -1°C in the first days to -2°C by the end.

A typical December day in Orsha reaches about -2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -5°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -9°C and 4°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
10-4
20-4
3-1-4
4-1-4
5-1-4
6-1-4
7-1-5
8-1-5
9-1-5
10-1-5
11-1-5
12-1-5
13-1-5
14-1-5
15-2-5
16-2-5
17-2-6
18-2-6
19-2-6
20-2-6
21-2-6
22-2-6
23-2-6
24-2-6
25-2-6
26-2-6
27-2-6
28-2-6
29-2-6
30-2-6
31-2-6

How December really feels in Orsha

Once humidity and wind are folded in, December averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 31 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
31
25 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Orsha weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-3° / -7°4110.29.97.60.0
Feb-2° / -7°399.89.69.30.0
Mar / -4°409.66.211.50.1
Apr11° / 459.51.513.72.9
May18° / 6911.90.115.75.5
Jun21° / 12°7411.9016.96.1
Jul23° / 14°8813.2016.46.3
Aug22° / 12°7310.7014.76.5
Sep16° / 5810.2012.54.9
Oct / 5811.21.510.21.8
Nov / -2°479.958.20.0
Dec-2° / -5°401097.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11090
2991
3991
4991
5991
6991
7991
8991
9991
10991
11991
12991
13892
14892
15991
16991
17991
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20991
21991
221090
231090
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251090
261090
27991
28991
29991
30892
31892

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Orsha gets around 40 mm of rain and snow over 10 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 32% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days, and about 9 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13327
23227
33227
43227
53127
63127
73127
83027
93027
102927
112927
122927
132927
142927
153028
163028
173128
183129
193229
203330
213330
223430
233431
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273632
283632
293632
303532
313531

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of December feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, December lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
10100
11100
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13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 15 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
1115light breeze
1215light breeze
1315light breeze
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1815light breeze
1915light breeze
2016light breeze
2116light breeze
2216light breeze
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2716light breeze
2816light breeze
2916light breeze
3016light breeze
3116light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 24 min at the start of December to 7 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 9:06 AM to 9:29 AM, and sunset from 4:31 PM to 4:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.49:064:31
27.49:074:30
37.39:094:29
47.39:104:29
57.39:114:28
67.29:134:28
77.29:144:27
87.29:154:27
97.29:164:26
107.19:184:26
117.19:194:26
127.19:204:26
137.19:214:26
147.19:224:26
157.19:224:26
167.09:234:26
177.09:244:26
187.09:254:26
197.09:264:26
207.09:264:27
217.09:274:27
227.09:274:28
237.09:284:28
247.09:284:29
257.09:284:29
267.09:294:30
277.09:294:31
287.09:294:31
297.19:294:32
307.19:294:33
317.19:294:34

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.38 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.38 kWh/m² to a high of 5.51 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.38 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.4Dim
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30.4Dim
40.4Dim
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60.4Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Orsha?

Our two travel scores rate December for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

0.0
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Orsha.

What to pack for Orsha in December

From December's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In December, Orsha sees daytime highs around -2°C and nights near -5°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Orsha in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 0. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Orsha peaks around July 14 at about 6 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 14UV 6Dec 18UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Orsha?

Orsha sits at 54.5°N, 30.4°E, 174 m above sea level, in Belarus. The nearest listed city is Horki, 45 km away.

HorkiMogilevVitebskSmolenskBykhovLyepyel’KrychawBarysaw

Topography around Orsha

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Orsha.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orsha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 179 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m.

The land around Orsha is covered by artificial surfaces (40%), trees (25%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (55%) and trees (26%) within 16 km, and trees (44%) and cropland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
186 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Horki 45 km · Mogilev 67 km · Vitebsk 76 km · Smolensk 110 km · Bykhov 111 km · Lyepyel’ 117 km · Krychaw 123 km · Barysaw 127 km

Belarus travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 30% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,279
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2021
Safe drinking water
93%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.4
per 100k, 2019
Road deaths
7.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 533
Religion
Orthodox 48%non-believers 41%Catholic 7%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Orsha (54.5136°, 30.4036°, elevation 174 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).