Pestovo weather in December

In December, Pestovo sees average daytime highs of -4°C and overnight lows near -8°C, with 45 mm of precipitation across 11.7 wet days and about 6.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -2°C in the first days to -5°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 30 min at the start of December to 6 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Pestovo's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pestovo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-4°
10th warmest
Overnight low
-8°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
45 mm
11.7 wet days
Daylight
6 hours
9:33 AM – 3:33 PM
Cloud cover
93%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pestovo is human settlement in Pestovsky District, Novgorod Oblast, Russia.

Founded
1918

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 -2°C in the first days to -5°C by the end.

A typical December day in Pestovo reaches about -4°C in the afternoon and slips back to -8°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -12°C and 3°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 4°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-2-6
2-2-6
3-2-6
4-2-7
5-2-7
6-3-7
7-3-7
8-3-7
9-3-7
10-3-7
11-3-7
12-3-7
13-3-8
14-3-8
15-3-8
16-4-8
17-4-8
18-4-8
19-4-8
20-4-9
21-4-9
22-4-9
23-4-9
24-4-9
25-5-9
26-5-9
27-5-9
28-5-9
29-5-9
30-5-9
31-5-9

How December really feels in Pestovo

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.

Pestovo weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-5° / -10°3810.8126.80.0
Feb-4° / -11°318.710.38.80.0
Mar / -7°348.77.811.40.0
Apr / -1°409.53141.9
May17° / 6912.30.416.54.9
Jun20° / 10°8813017.95.7
Jul23° / 12°9613.5017.36.1
Aug20° / 11°8012.5015.25.9
Sep15° / 5911.10.112.54.0
Oct / 6112.22.69.90.9
Nov / -4°5010.76.87.50.0
Dec-4° / -8°4511.711.56.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3694
4694
5595
6595
7694
8694
9694
10694
11694
12793
13793
14793
15793
16793
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19694
20694
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22694
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27496
28496
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30595
31595

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Pestovo gets around 45 mm of rain and snow over 11.7 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 37% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 12 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13528
23529
33530
43530
53631
63632
73632
83633
93734
103735
113735
123736
133736
143636
153637
163637
173637
183738
193738
203738
213739
223739
233740
243740
253740
263841
273841
283741
293741
303742
313742

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 (%)
1100
2100
3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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18100
19100
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21100
22100
23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 13 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
1513light breeze
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1713light breeze
1813light breeze
1913light breeze
2013light breeze
2113light breeze
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2513light breeze
2613light breeze
2713light breeze
2813light breeze
2913light breeze
3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 30 min at the start of December to 6 h 06 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 9:12 AM to 9:38 AM, and sunset from 3:42 PM to 3:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.59:123:42
26.59:133:41
36.49:153:40
46.49:173:39
56.39:183:38
66.39:203:37
76.29:223:36
86.29:233:36
96.29:243:35
106.19:263:35
116.19:273:34
126.19:283:34
136.19:293:34
146.09:313:33
156.09:323:33
166.09:333:33
176.09:333:33
186.09:343:34
196.09:353:34
206.09:363:34
216.09:363:34
226.09:373:35
236.09:373:35
246.09:383:36
256.09:383:37
266.09:383:37
276.09:383:38
286.09:383:39
296.09:383:40
306.09:383:41
316.19:383:42

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.2 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.35 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.2 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
10.3Dim
20.3Dim
30.2Dim
40.2Dim
50.2Dim
60.2Dim
70.2Dim
80.2Dim
90.2Dim
100.2Dim
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310.2Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Pestovo?

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
7th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pestovo.

What to pack for Pestovo in December

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

In December, Pestovo sees daytime highs around -4°C and nights near -8°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 12 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Pestovo 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 Pestovo peaks around July 12 at about 6 (high) — 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJul 12UV 6Dec 19UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun5High
Jul6High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct1Low
Nov0Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pestovo?

Pestovo sits at 58.6°N, 35.8°E, 129 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Udomlya, 92 km away.

Topography around Pestovo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pestovo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 128 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 168 m.

The land around Pestovo is covered by trees (63%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
168 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Udomlya 92 km · Bezhetsk 104 km · Borovichi 112 km · Bologoye 129 km · Vyshniy Volochëk 133 km · Cherepovets 135 km · Pikalëvo 139 km · Boksitogorsk 149 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 Pestovo (58.5938°, 35.8024°, elevation 129 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).