Lesosibirsk weather in December

In December, Lesosibirsk sees average daytime highs of -14°C and overnight lows near -21°C, with 33 mm of precipitation across 10.7 wet days and about 6.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -13°C in the first days to -16°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 36 min at the start of December to 6 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Lesosibirsk's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lesosibirsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-14°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-21°
2nd coldest
Precipitation
33 mm
10.7 wet days
Daylight
6 h 06 min
9:43 AM – 3:50 PM
Cloud cover
90%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Lesosibirsk is human settlement in Lesosibirsk Urban Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia.

Density
238/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 -13°C in the first days to -16°C by the end.

A typical December day in Lesosibirsk reaches about -14°C in the afternoon and slips back to -21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -28°C and -3°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 7°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-13-20
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3-13-20
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29-16-22
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31-16-22

How December really feels in Lesosibirsk

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.

Lesosibirsk weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-16° / -23°228.211.56.90.0
Feb-12° / -20°186.69.58.90.0
Mar-2° / -13°257.39.211.40.0
Apr / -4°399.85.8140.7
May14° / 5211.31.216.43.9
Jun21° / 10°5510.6017.86.3
Jul24° / 13°6010.1017.26.9
Aug20° / 11°6311.3015.16.0
Sep13° / 6512.40.212.53.2
Oct / -3°5313.58.19.90.3
Nov-8° / -14°4612.314.37.50.0
Dec-14° / -21°3310.714.36.20.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 91%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
3991
4991
5991
61090
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301189
311288

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Lesosibirsk gets around 33 mm of rain and snow over 10.7 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 35% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 14 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13546
23546
33445
43445
53446
63446
73446
83546
93547
103547
113647
123648
133648
143648
153648
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233546
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253445
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273344
283344
293343
303243
313243

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 (%)
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 12 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
212calm
312calm
412calm
512calm
612calm
712calm
812calm
912calm
1012calm
1112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 36 min at the start of December to 6 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 9:22 AM to 9:48 AM, and sunset from 3:58 PM to 3:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.69:223:58
26.59:243:57
36.59:253:56
46.59:273:55
56.49:293:54
66.49:303:53
76.39:323:53
86.39:333:52
96.39:353:51
106.29:363:51
116.29:373:51
126.29:393:50
136.29:403:50
146.29:413:50
156.19:423:50
166.19:433:50
176.19:443:50
186.19:443:50
196.19:453:50
206.19:463:50
216.19:463:51
226.19:473:51
236.19:473:52
246.19:483:52
256.19:483:53
266.19:483:54
276.19:483:55
286.19:483:55
296.19:483:56
306.29:483:57
316.29:483:58

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.3 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.3 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Lesosibirsk?

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
6th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lesosibirsk.

What to pack for Lesosibirsk in December

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

In December, Lesosibirsk sees daytime highs around -14°C and nights near -21°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Lesosibirsk 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 Lesosibirsk peaks around June 22 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 0 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 4 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 22UV 5Jan 1UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5Moderate
Sep2Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Lesosibirsk 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 Lesosibirsk is worst in July — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 12.3× the cleanest month (December, 2 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodJul 1720 µg/m³Dec 172 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan3Good
Feb5Good
Mar6Good
Apr11Good
May14Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul21Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep9Good
Oct5Good
Nov3Good
Dec2Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lesosibirsk?

Lesosibirsk sits at 58.2°N, 92.5°E, 82 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Yeniseysk, 30 km away.

Topography around Lesosibirsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lesosibirsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 84 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 194 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 653 m.

The land around Lesosibirsk is covered by trees (51%) and water (26%) within 3 km, trees (78%) within 16 km, and trees (92%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
194 m
80 km
653 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Yeniseysk 30 km · Zheleznogorsk 229 km · Sosnovoborsk 241 km · Krasnoyarsk 246 km · Berëzovka 247 km · Achinsk 249 km · Divnogorsk 253 km · Zelenogorsk 268 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 Lesosibirsk (58.2354°, 92.4835°, elevation 82 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).