Vilyuchinsk weather in December

In December, Vilyuchinsk sees average daytime highs of -7°C and overnight lows near -13°C, with 112 mm of precipitation across 10 wet days and about 7.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about -4°C in the first days to -8°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 7 h 42 min at the start of December to 7 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Vilyuchinsk's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vilyuchinsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
-7°
11th warmest
Overnight low
-13°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
112 mm
10 wet days
Daylight
7 h 24 min
9:42 AM – 5:03 PM
Cloud cover
64%
3rd clearest
Wind
11 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
0.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Vilyuchinsk is town in Vilyuchinsk Urban Okrug, Kamchatka Krai, Russia.

Density
62/km²
people per km²
Founded
1968

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 -4°C in the first days to -8°C by the end.

A typical December day in Vilyuchinsk reaches about -7°C in the afternoon and slips back to -13°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -13°C and 0°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 7°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Vilyuchinsk

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.

Vilyuchinsk weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-8° / -14°10911.413.37.90.0
Feb-6° / -13°849.711.19.50.0
Mar-2° / -9°11211.712.811.50.0
Apr / -4°10010.811.613.60.0
May / 709.76.115.51.0
Jun13° / 6010.10.216.63.4
Jul16° / 10°609.1016.15.0
Aug17° / 11°9110.7014.55.1
Sep14° / 9510.70.212.43.7
Oct / 12612.53.410.31.0
Nov / -6°12911.610.78.40.0
Dec-7° / -13°11210117.40.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14456
24456
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54258
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284060
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313961

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Vilyuchinsk gets around 112 mm of rain and snow over 10 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 33% and peaks near 37% on the wettest days, and about 11 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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23637
33536
43536
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73436
83436
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113236
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143136
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193236
203236
213236
223236
233236
243136
253135
263236
273236
283236
293237
303337
313338

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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28100
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31100

Wind in December

Winds average 11 km/h in December.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 10 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
211calm
311calm
411calm
511calm
611calm
711calm
811calm
911calm
1011calm
1111calm
1211calm
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 7 h 42 min at the start of December to 7 h 24 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 9:25 AM to 9:47 AM, and sunset from 5:07 PM to 5:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
17.79:255:07
27.79:265:07
37.69:285:06
47.69:295:06
57.69:305:05
67.69:325:05
77.59:335:04
87.59:345:04
97.59:355:04
107.59:365:04
117.49:375:03
127.49:385:03
137.49:395:03
147.49:405:03
157.49:415:03
167.49:425:03
177.49:425:04
187.39:435:04
197.39:445:04
207.39:445:04
217.39:455:05
227.39:455:05
237.39:465:06
247.39:465:06
257.39:475:07
267.39:475:08
277.49:475:08
287.49:475:09
297.49:475:10
307.49:475:11
317.49:475:12

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.78 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in May across the year — December's 0.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Vilyuchinsk?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
Beach & pool
never really warm enough

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Vilyuchinsk.

What to pack for Vilyuchinsk in December

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

In December, Vilyuchinsk sees daytime highs around -7°C and nights near -13°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

Sea temperature near Vilyuchinsk in December

The nearest coast averages about 3°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 16 km away) is warmest in August at about 12°C and coldest in March near 0°C.

The water stays below 20°C all year — cool enough that most swimmers want a wetsuit.

0°5°10°15°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcool
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan1Bracing
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Jun7Bracing
Jul11Bracing
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UV index in Vilyuchinsk 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 Vilyuchinsk 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 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighModerateLowJun 23UV 5Dec 20UV 0
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar2Low
Apr4Moderate
May5High
Jun5High
Jul5High
Aug5High
Sep4Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec0Low
Location & terrain

Where is Vilyuchinsk?

Vilyuchinsk sits at 52.9°N, 158.4°E, 10 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 21 km away.

MagadanOkhaPoronayskNikolayevsk-on-AmureYuzhno-SakhalinskKorsakov

Topography around Vilyuchinsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vilyuchinsk has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m around an average of 72 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 936 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,421 m.

The land around Vilyuchinsk is covered by trees (51%) and water (33%) within 3 km, trees (56%) and water (26%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
557 m
16 km
936 m
80 km
3,421 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmoss and lichen
December weather nearby: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 21 km · Yelizovo 29 km · Magadan 873 km · Okha 1,028 km · Poronaysk 1,144 km · Nikolayevsk-on-Amure 1,179 km · Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk 1,299 km · Korsakov 1,318 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 Vilyuchinsk (52.932°, 158.4058°, elevation 10 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).