Kaltan weather in December

In December, Kaltan sees average daytime highs of -9°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 55 mm of precipitation across 12.7 wet days and about 7.3 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -8°C in the first days to -11°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kaltan's 12th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kaltan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-9°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
55 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
7 h 12 min
9:30 AM – 4:44 PM
Cloud cover
81%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kaltan is town in oblast Kemerovo of Russia.

Founded
1946

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 -8°C in the first days to -11°C by the end.

A typical December day in Kaltan reaches about -9°C in the afternoon and slips back to -17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -19°C and -1°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 6°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Kaltan

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.

Kaltan weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-11° / -19°349.111.67.80.0
Feb-7° / -17°277.59.19.40.0
Mar / -10°3499.311.50.0
Apr10° / -2°5211.25.313.72.0
May17° / 6812.60.915.65.0
Jun22° / 11°7912.8016.76.2
Jul25° / 14°8713.4016.36.4
Aug22° / 11°8311.9014.66.4
Sep16° / 6611.90.512.54.6
Oct / -1°6713.35.610.31.2
Nov-3° / -10°6913.513.78.30.0
Dec-9° / -17°5512.714.77.30.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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

Any precipitationSnow

Kaltan gets around 55 mm of rain and snow over 12.7 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 41% and peaks near 45% on the wettest days, and about 15 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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313946

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 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

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Daylight runs from about 7 h 36 min at the start of December to 7 h 18 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 9:13 AM to 9:35 AM, and sunset from 4:49 PM to 4:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.69:134:49
27.69:144:48
37.59:154:47
47.59:174:47
57.59:184:46
67.49:194:46
77.49:214:45
87.49:224:45
97.49:234:45
107.39:244:45
117.39:254:44
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317.39:354:53

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.63 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.63 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.63 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Kaltan?

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 Kaltan.

What to pack for Kaltan in December

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

In December, Kaltan sees daytime highs around -9°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 13 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Kaltan 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 Kaltan peaks around May 24 at about 6 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 0 (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 Kaltan?

Kaltan sits at 53.5°N, 87.3°E, 253 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Osinniki, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Kaltan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kaltan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 190 m around an average of 261 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 410 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,458 m.

The land around Kaltan is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
190 m
16 km
410 m
80 km
1,458 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Osinniki 9.0 km · Novokuznetsk 27 km · Myski 40 km · Mezhdurechensk 55 km · Prokop’yevsk 57 km · Kiselëvsk 65 km · Kisilevsk 66 km · Tashtagol 94 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 Kaltan (53.5278°, 87.2758°, elevation 253 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).