Ayagoz weather in December

In December, Ayagoz sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -16°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 6.8 wet days and about 8.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -6°C in the first days to -10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of December to 8 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Ayagoz's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ayagoz's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
10th warmest
Overnight low
-16°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
25 mm
6.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 12 min
8:29 AM – 4:40 PM
Cloud cover
65%
12th clearest
Wind
16 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
1.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Ayagoz is city in East Kazakhstan.

Density
194/km²
people per km²
Founded
1831

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 -6°C in the first days to -10°C by the end.

A typical December day in Ayagoz reaches about -8°C in the afternoon and slips back to -16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -16°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 8°C cooler than November and about 3°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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8-7-15
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How December really feels in Ayagoz

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
31 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

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

Ayagoz weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°185.26.68.60.0
Feb-8° / -18°164.959.90.0
Mar-0° / -10°194.93.811.60.1
Apr13° / 266.41.313.44.0
May20° / 296.60.114.96.9
Jun25° / 12°357.3015.77.4
Jul27° / 14°419.2015.46.8
Aug26° / 12°234.9014.17.9
Sep20° / 184.4012.47.3
Oct12° / -1°276.51.910.63.3
Nov / -9°347.36.390.1
Dec-8° / -16°256.87.88.20.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34060
44159
54060
64159
74159
84159
94159
104258
114258
124258
134258
143961
153961
163961
173862
183763
193763
203664
213664
223466
233466
243367
253367
263367
273367
283367
293367
303466
313565

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Ayagoz gets around 25 mm of rain and snow over 6.8 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 22% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12223
22223
32223
42223
52123
62123
72123
82023
92023
102023
112023
122024
132024
142125
152125
162226
172226
182327
192327
202327
212327
222427
232427
242427
252327
262327
272326
282226
292225
302125
312125

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
12100
13100
14100
15100
16100
17100
18100
19100
20100
21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 16 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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
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3117light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of December to 8 h 12 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 8:14 AM to 8:35 AM, and sunset from 4:42 PM to 4:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.58:144:42
28.48:154:42
38.48:164:41
48.48:184:41
58.48:194:41
68.38:204:40
78.38:214:40
88.38:224:40
98.38:234:40
108.38:244:40
118.38:254:40
128.28:264:40
138.28:264:40
148.28:274:40
158.28:284:40
168.28:294:40
178.28:294:40
188.28:304:41
198.28:314:41
208.28:314:41
218.28:324:42
228.28:324:42
238.28:334:43
248.28:334:43
258.28:334:44
268.28:344:44
278.28:344:45
288.28:344:46
298.28:344:47
308.28:354:47
318.28:354:48

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 1.27 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 1.27 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 1.27 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.4Dim
21.4Dim
31.3Dim
41.3Dim
51.3Dim
61.3Dim
71.3Dim
81.3Dim
91.3Dim
101.3Dim
111.3Dim
121.3Dim
131.3Dim
141.3Dim
151.3Dim
161.3Dim
171.3Dim
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191.3Dim
201.3Dim
211.3Dim
221.3Dim
231.3Dim
241.3Dim
251.3Dim
261.3Dim
271.3Dim
281.3Dim
291.3Dim
301.3Dim
311.3Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Ayagoz?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ayagoz.

What to pack for Ayagoz in December

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

In December, Ayagoz sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -16°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Ayagoz in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ayagoz peaks around May 19 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highModerateLowMay 19UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May8Very high
Jun6High
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov2Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Ayagoz?

Ayagoz sits at 48.0°N, 80.4°E, 665 m above sea level, in Kazakhstan. The nearest listed city is Kalbatau, 173 km away.

KalbatauMaqanshySemeyUst-KamenogorskSarqantShemonaikhaZaysanAltay

Topography around Ayagoz

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ayagoz has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 107 m around an average of 660 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 232 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,167 m.

The land around Ayagoz is covered by grassland (62%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, grassland (97%) within 16 km, and grassland (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
107 m
16 km
232 m
80 km
1,167 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
December weather nearby: Kalbatau 173 km · Maqanshy 178 km · Semey 273 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 274 km · Sarqant 286 km · Shemonaikha 315 km · Zaysan 336 km · Altay 342 km

Kazakhstan travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 33% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$14,692
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
92%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
2.6
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 417
Religion
Muslim 69%Christian 17%non-believers 2%Buddhism 0%

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 Ayagoz (47.9645°, 80.4344°, elevation 665 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).