Tyumen weather in December

In December, Tyumen sees average daytime highs of -10°C and overnight lows near -17°C, with 22 mm of precipitation across 6.6 wet days and about 6.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -8°C in the first days to -12°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 6 h 54 min at the start of December to 6 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Tyumen's 12th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tyumen's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-10°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-17°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
22 mm
6.6 wet days
Daylight
6 h 24 min
9:22 AM – 3:47 PM
Cloud cover
81%
12th clearest
Wind
14 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.39 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Tyumen is city in eastern Russia.

Density
1,100/km²
people per km²
Founded
1586

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 -12°C by the end.

A typical December day in Tyumen reaches about -10°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 -21°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
1-8-14
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How December really feels in Tyumen

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.

Tyumen 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-12° / -19°175.66.87.10.0
Feb-10° / -17°144.15.690.0
Mar-1° / -10°246.26.411.40.0
Apr / -1°296.72.713.91.8
May17° / 4690.616.25.4
Jun22° / 11°6711.2017.56.3
Jul23° / 14°8011.90176.6
Aug21° / 11°6511.70156.0
Sep14° / 5010.20.312.54.1
Oct / -0°378.62.9101.0
Nov-4° / -10°297.57.17.80.0
Dec-10° / -17°226.686.50.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
32080
42080
52080
62080
71981
81981
91981
101981
111981
122080
131981
141981
152080
162080
172080
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192080
202080
212080
222179
232179
242179
251981
262080
272080
282080
291981
301882
311783

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Tyumen gets around 22 mm of rain and snow over 6.6 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 21% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
12227
22227
32227
42227
52126
62125
72025
82024
91924
101923
111923
121822
131822
141822
151823
161923
171924
182024
192025
202126
212126
222227
232227
242227
252327
262327
272327
282227
292227
302226
312226

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
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3100
4100
5100
6100
7100
8100
9100
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21100
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23100
24100
25100
26100
27100
28100
29100
30100
31100

Wind in December

Winds average 14 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 15 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
714light breeze
814light breeze
914light breeze
1014light breeze
1114light breeze
1214light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 6 h 54 min at the start of December to 6 h 30 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 9:02 AM to 9:27 AM, and sunset from 3:53 PM to 3:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
16.99:023:53
26.89:043:52
36.89:053:52
46.79:073:51
56.79:083:50
66.79:103:49
76.69:113:49
86.69:133:48
96.69:143:48
106.59:153:47
116.59:163:47
126.59:183:47
136.59:193:47
146.49:203:47
156.49:213:47
166.49:223:47
176.49:223:47
186.49:233:47
196.49:243:47
206.49:253:47
216.49:253:48
226.49:263:48
236.49:263:49
246.49:263:49
256.49:273:50
266.49:273:51
276.49:273:51
286.49:273:52
296.49:273:53
306.49:273:54
316.59:273:55

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.39 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.39 kWh/m² to a high of 5.78 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.39 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 Tyumen?

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 Tyumen.

What to pack for Tyumen in December

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

In December, Tyumen sees daytime highs around -10°C and nights near -17°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coat

UV index in Tyumen 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 Tyumen peaks around June 23 at about 5 (high) — a little sun protection helps at midday. It bottoms out near December 20 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 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan0Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Moderate
Apr3Moderate
May4Moderate
Jun6High
Jul5High
Aug4Moderate
Sep3Moderate
Oct2Low
Nov1Low
Dec0Low

Air quality in Tyumen 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 Tyumen is worst in May — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.2× the cleanest month (December, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodModerateGoodMay 1016 µg/m³Dec 205 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan6Good
Feb8Good
Mar9Good
Apr16Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun10Good
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep7Good
Oct8Good
Nov7Good
Dec5Good
Location & terrain

Where is Tyumen?

Tyumen sits at 57.2°N, 65.5°E, 81 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Borovskiy, 17 km away.

Topography around Tyumen

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tyumen has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 79 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m.

The land around Tyumen is covered by artificial surfaces (74%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (63%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
89 m
80 km
124 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Borovskiy 17 km · Yalutorovsk 73 km · Zavodoukovsk 95 km · Tavda 100 km · Turinsk 148 km · Lesnoy 156 km · Irbit 158 km · Shadrinsk 166 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 Tyumen (57.1522°, 65.5272°, elevation 81 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).