Gornyak weather in December

In December, Gornyak sees average daytime highs of -8°C and overnight lows near -16°C, with 38 mm of precipitation across 9.7 wet days and about 7.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -7°C in the first days to -10°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 hours at the start of December to 7 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Gornyak's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gornyak's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-8°
10th warmest
Overnight low
-16°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
38 mm
9.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 42 min
8:39 AM – 4:22 PM
Cloud cover
73%
12th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Gornyak is human settlement in Loktevsky District, Altai Krai, Russia.

Density
580/km²
people per km²
Founded
1942

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 -7°C in the first days to -10°C by the end.

A typical December day in Gornyak 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 -18°C and -0°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 7°C cooler than November and about 3°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Gornyak

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.

Gornyak weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°277.58.68.20.0
Feb-9° / -18°246.37.39.60.0
Mar-1° / -11°317.46.211.50.0
Apr12° / 3471.913.53.5
May20° / 408.40.415.36.7
Jun25° / 13°458.9016.27.0
Jul27° / 15°6311.5015.86.5
Aug25° / 12°367.2014.37.4
Sep19° / 326.90.112.46.4
Oct11° / 418.52.310.42.6
Nov-1° / -9°45988.70.0
Dec-8° / -16°389.7117.80.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Gornyak gets around 38 mm of rain and snow over 9.7 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 31% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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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 17 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 8 hours 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 18 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 8:23 AM to 8:45 AM, and sunset from 4:25 PM to 4:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.08:234:25
28.08:244:24
38.08:264:24
47.98:274:23
57.98:284:23
67.98:294:22
77.98:304:22
87.88:324:22
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107.88:344:22
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.91 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Gornyak?

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 Gornyak.

What to pack for Gornyak in December

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

In December, Gornyak sees daytime highs around -8°C and nights near -16°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 Gornyak in December

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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 Gornyak peaks around July 19 at about 7 (high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 1 (low).

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

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UV index (midday)Level
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Location & terrain

Where is Gornyak?

Gornyak sits at 51.0°N, 81.5°E, 266 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Shemonaikha, 51 km away.

Topography around Gornyak

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gornyak has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 276 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,042 m.

The land around Gornyak is covered by grassland (47%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
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16 km
149 m
80 km
1,042 m
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December weather nearby: Shemonaikha 51 km · Rubtsovsk 61 km · Semey 107 km · Ust-Kamenogorsk 139 km · Ridder 161 km · Kalbatau 185 km · Aleysk 190 km · Altay 242 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 Gornyak (50.9953°, 81.4669°, elevation 266 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).