Kogalym weather in December

In December, Kogalym sees average daytime highs of -16°C and overnight lows near -22°C, with 25 mm of precipitation across 8.5 wet days and about 4.8 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -14°C in the first days to -18°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 5 h 18 min at the start of December to 4 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kogalym's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kogalym's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-16°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-22°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
25 mm
8.5 wet days
Daylight
4 h 42 min
9:38 AM – 2:18 PM
Cloud cover
93%
12th clearest
Wind
18 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kogalym is human settlement in Kogalym Urban Okrug, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Oblast, Russia.

Density
377/km²
people per km²
Founded
1975

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 -14°C in the first days to -18°C by the end.

A typical December day in Kogalym reaches about -16°C in the afternoon and slips back to -22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -29°C and -5°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)
1-14-20
2-14-21
3-14-21
4-14-21
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How December really feels in Kogalym

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.

Kogalym weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-18° / -24°206.99.45.70.0
Feb-16° / -22°196.28.28.30.0
Mar-7° / -14°288.210.111.30.0
Apr / -8°399.67.114.40.0
May / 5010.93.617.31.4
Jun18° / 10°7612.70.219.25.0
Jul21° / 13°7211.2018.46.2
Aug17° / 10°9914.70.115.74.7
Sep10° / 6111.51.612.62.0
Oct / -4°5212.99.39.50.0
Nov-10° / -16°369.911.66.60.0
Dec-16° / -22°258.510.84.80.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in December, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 3% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kogalym gets around 25 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 27% and peaks near 29% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22534
32534
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62635
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222835
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282934
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302834
312834

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 18 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 17 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
117light breeze
217light breeze
317light breeze
417light breeze
517light breeze
617light breeze
717light breeze
817light breeze
917light breeze
1017light breeze
1118light breeze
1218light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 5 h 18 min at the start of December to 4 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 9:12 AM to 9:43 AM, and sunset from 2:32 PM to 2:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
15.39:122:32
25.39:142:30
35.29:162:29
45.29:182:28
55.19:212:26
65.09:232:25
75.09:252:24
84.99:262:23
94.99:282:22
104.99:302:21
114.89:322:20
124.89:332:20
134.79:352:19
144.79:362:19
154.79:372:18
164.79:382:18
174.69:402:18
184.69:402:18
194.69:412:18
204.69:422:18
214.69:432:18
224.69:432:19
234.69:442:19
244.69:442:20
254.69:442:21
264.69:442:22
274.69:442:23
284.79:442:24
294.79:442:25
304.79:432:26
314.79:432:27

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.12 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.12 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for Kogalym

In seasonPeak

None of Kogalym's seasonal hazards are active in December. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kogalym's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit Kogalym?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kogalym.

What to pack for Kogalym in December

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

In December, Kogalym sees daytime highs around -16°C and nights near -22°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 Kogalym 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 Kogalym peaks around June 16 at about 5 (moderate) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 5 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateLowJun 16UV 5Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5Moderate
Jul4Moderate
Aug3Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Kogalym 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 Kogalym is worst in July — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 10.2× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1815 µg/m³Dec 192 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan2Good
Feb3Good
Mar5Good
Apr11Good
May11Good
Jun10Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep7Good
Oct4Good
Nov2Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kogalym?

Kogalym sits at 62.3°N, 74.5°E, 93 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Pokachi, 76 km away.

Topography around Kogalym

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kogalym has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 19 m around an average of 68 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m.

The land around Kogalym is covered by trees (65%) within 3 km, wetland (38%), water (26%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and wetland (51%), trees (24%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
19 m
16 km
28 m
80 km
86 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
December weather nearby: Pokachi 76 km · Fedorovskiy 83 km · Noyabrsk 114 km · Langepas 119 km · Surgut 125 km · Belyy Yar 129 km · Lyantor 141 km · Nizhnesortymskiy 142 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 Kogalym (62.2654°, 74.4791°, elevation 93 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).