Volgodonsk weather in December

In December, Volgodonsk sees average daytime highs of 1°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 43 mm of precipitation across 8.8 wet days and about 8.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 2°C in the first days to -0°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 30 min at the start of December to 8 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Volgodonsk's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Volgodonsk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
43 mm
8.8 wet days
Daylight
8 h 18 min
8:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Cloud cover
86%
11th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Volgodonsk is human settlement in Russia.

Density
920/km²
people per km²
Founded
1950

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 -0°C by the end.

A typical December day in Volgodonsk reaches about 1°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -7°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 2°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12-2
22-2
32-2
42-3
52-3
61-3
71-3
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101-3
111-3
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How December really feels in Volgodonsk

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
13 feel bitter (≤ -10°C)

The story in December is cold — wind chill drags the overnight "feels like" below the raw low.

Volgodonsk weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan-1° / -6°409.16.28.70.0
Feb / -6°3385.29.90.0
Mar / -1°419.13.611.60.7
Apr15° / 337.20.113.34.7
May22° / 13°488.6014.97.0
Jun27° / 18°367.3015.76.8
Jul30° / 20°346.3015.45.7
Aug29° / 19°254.1014.16.5
Sep23° / 13°335.4012.47.6
Oct15° / 417.40.210.64.6
Nov / 377.41.99.10.6
Dec / -4°438.85.28.30.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
31387
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71387
81387
91387
101387
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Volgodonsk gets around 43 mm of rain and snow over 8.8 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 29% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days, and about 5 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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22612
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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 17 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 17 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
1117light breeze
1217light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 30 min at the start of December to 8 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 7:45 AM to 8:06 AM, and sunset from 4:17 PM to 4:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.57:454:17
28.57:474:16
38.57:484:16
48.47:494:16
58.47:504:15
68.47:514:15
78.47:524:15
88.47:534:15
98.37:544:15
108.37:554:15
118.37:564:15
128.37:574:15
138.37:584:15
148.37:584:15
158.37:594:15
168.38:004:15
178.38:014:16
188.28:014:16
198.28:024:16
208.28:024:16
218.28:034:17
228.28:034:17
238.28:044:18
248.28:044:18
258.28:054:19
268.28:054:20
278.38:054:20
288.38:054:21
298.38:064:22
308.38:064:22
318.38:064:23

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.81 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.29 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.81 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Volgodonsk?

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

0.0
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
0.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

December is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Volgodonsk.

What to pack for Volgodonsk in December

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

In December, Volgodonsk sees daytime highs around 1°C and nights near -4°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 Volgodonsk in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December peaks around 1. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Volgodonsk peaks around June 23 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 6 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 8Dec 19UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar2Low
Apr5Moderate
May5High
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Volgodonsk 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 Volgodonsk is worst in March — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.2× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodMar 1716 µg/m³Dec 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb10Good
Mar17Moderate
Apr10Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep9Good
Oct8Good
Nov9Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Volgodonsk?

Volgodonsk sits at 47.5°N, 42.2°E, 61 m above sea level, in Russia. The nearest listed city is Tsimlyansk, 16 km away.

Topography around Volgodonsk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Volgodonsk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 37 m around an average of 46 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 111 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 183 m.

The land around Volgodonsk is covered by artificial surfaces (34%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), grassland (21%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
37 m
16 km
111 m
80 km
183 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Tsimlyansk 16 km · Zimovniki 47 km · Orlovskiy 71 km · Kotel’nikovo 75 km · Konstantinovsk 80 km · Proletarsk 96 km · Morozovsk 96 km · Semikarakorsk 101 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 Volgodonsk (47.5114°, 42.1527°, elevation 61 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).