Engels weather in December

In December, Engels sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -9°C, with 35 mm of precipitation across 8.5 wet days and about 7.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -3°C in the first days to -5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Engels's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Engels's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
10th warmest
Overnight low
-9°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
35 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
7 h 36 min
8:03 AM – 3:41 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.65 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Engels is city in Saratov Oblast, Russia.

Density
1,619/km²
people per km²
Founded
1747

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 -3°C in the first days to -5°C by the end.

A typical December day in Engels reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -9°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -12°C and 2°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-7
2-2-7
3-3-7
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5-3-8
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How December really feels in Engels

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.

Engels 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-6° / -11°368.79.38.10.0
Feb-6° / -12°3077.39.60.0
Mar / -6°337.35.911.50.0
Apr12° / 357.31.113.53.2
May20° / 10°387.5015.36.7
Jun25° / 15°478.6016.37.2
Jul27° / 17°417.5015.97.0
Aug26° / 15°295.6014.47.5
Sep19° / 10°466.7012.46.5
Oct11° / 367.80.710.42.9
Nov / -3°327.34.28.60.0
Dec-4° / -9°358.58.27.70.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31387
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Engels gets around 35 mm of rain and snow over 8.5 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 28% and peaks near 30% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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312827

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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Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
214light breeze
314light breeze
414light breeze
514light breeze
614light breeze
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 54 min at the start of December to 7 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:47 AM to 8:09 AM, and sunset from 3:44 PM to 3:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.97:473:44
27.97:483:43
37.97:493:43
47.97:513:42
57.87:523:42
67.87:533:41
77.87:543:41
87.87:553:41
97.77:573:41
107.77:583:41
117.77:593:40
127.77:593:40
137.78:003:40
147.78:013:40
157.68:023:40
167.68:033:41
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207.68:063:42
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227.68:073:43
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257.68:083:44
267.68:083:45
277.68:083:45
287.68:093:46
297.68:093:47
307.78:093:48
317.78:093:49

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.65 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.13 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.65 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Engels?

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

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

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Engels.

What to pack for Engels in December

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

In December, Engels sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -9°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Engels 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 Engels peaks around July 15 at about 7 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 15UV 7Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr4Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun6High
Jul7High
Aug5Moderate
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Engels in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where December falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Engels is worst in March — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (June, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1916 µg/m³Jun 98 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb11Good
Mar16Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May8Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Engels?

Engels sits at 51.5°N, 46.1°E, 12 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Privolzhskiy, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Engels

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Engels has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 34 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 303 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 340 m.

The land around Engels is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (42%) within 3 km, trees (25%), cropland (23%) and water (21%) within 16 km, and cropland (55%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
34 m
16 km
303 m
80 km
340 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Privolzhskiy 9.0 km · Saratov 10 km · Marks 51 km · Krasnoarmeysk 59 km · Atkarsk 88 km · Petrovsk 104 km · Vol’sk 108 km · Zhirnovsk 108 km

Russia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 32% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$17,547
2025
Happiness
5.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
76%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
12
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 521
Religion
other Christian 2%

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 Engels (51.4839°, 46.1053°, elevation 12 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).