Berdyansk weather in December

In December, Berdyansk sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -0°C, with 44 mm of precipitation across 8.2 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 4°C in the first days to 2°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 36 min at the start of December to 8 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Berdyansk's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Berdyansk's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
-0°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
44 mm
8.2 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:18 AM – 3:40 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
23 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Berdyansk is City and seaport in Ukraine.

Density
1,329/km²
people per km²
Founded
1827

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 2°C by the end.

A typical December day in Berdyansk reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -0°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -3°C and 7°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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How December really feels in Berdyansk

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
wind chill below the day's low

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

Berdyansk weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -2°428.84.28.80.0
Feb / -1°357.23.2100.0
Mar / 408.22.111.60.2
Apr11° / 366.2013.33.2
May19° / 15°367.3014.86.6
Jun24° / 20°437.6015.67.5
Jul27° / 22°345.1015.37.8
Aug26° / 22°354.50148.1
Sep20° / 17°365.5012.47.3
Oct14° / 11°366.1010.64.4
Nov / 407.219.20.9
Dec / -0°448.22.88.40.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Berdyansk gets around 44 mm of rain and snow over 8.2 wet days in December, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 27% and peaks near 28% on the wettest days, and about 3 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
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2256
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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 23 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 36 min at the start of December to 8 h 24 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 7:04 AM to 7:24 AM, and sunset from 3:41 PM to 3:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:043:41
28.67:053:41
38.67:063:41
48.57:073:40
58.57:083:40
68.57:093:40
78.57:103:40
88.57:113:39
98.47:123:39
108.47:133:39
118.47:143:39
128.47:153:39
138.47:163:39
148.47:173:40
158.47:173:40
168.47:183:40
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198.37:203:41
208.37:213:41
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258.37:233:44
268.47:233:44
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308.47:243:47
318.47:243:48

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.92 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.67 kWh/m² in July across the year — December's 0.92 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 Berdyansk?

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 Berdyansk.

What to pack for Berdyansk in December

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

In December, Berdyansk sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -0°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear and a windbreaker. About 8 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain geara windbreaker

Sea temperature near Berdyansk in December

The nearest coast averages about 6°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 25°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 7 to Sep 18 — about 3.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan4Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar4Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May16Cool
Jun22Refreshing
Jul25Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep21Refreshing
Oct15Cool
Nov9Bracing
Dec6Bracing

UV index in Berdyansk 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 Berdyansk peaks around July 14 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highHighModerateLowJul 14UV 8Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May5Moderate
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5High
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Berdyansk?

Berdyansk sits at 46.8°N, 36.8°E, 10 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Prymorskyi, 64 km away.

LivoberezhnyiPolohyTokmak

Topography around Berdyansk

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Berdyansk has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m around an average of 13 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 67 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 336 m.

The land around Berdyansk is covered by artificial surfaces (41%) and water (36%) within 3 km, water (61%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and water (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
56 m
16 km
67 m
80 km
336 m
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December weather nearby: Prymorskyi 64 km · Mariupol 69 km · Tsentralnyi 69 km · Kalmiuskyi 70 km · Pravyi Bereh 73 km · Livoberezhnyi 76 km · Polohy 90 km · Tokmak 99 km

Ukraine travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,866
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
88%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.8
per 100k, 2021
Road deaths
10.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 526

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 Berdyansk (46.7558°, 36.7882°, 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).