Kalush weather in December

In December, Kalush sees average daytime highs of 2°C and overnight lows near -4°C, with 49 mm of precipitation across 11 wet days and about 8.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 3°C in the first days to 1°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in December, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 8 h 18 min at the start of December to 8 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is Kalush's 11th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalush's year-round climate.

Daytime high
11th warmest
Overnight low
-4°
3rd coldest
Precipitation
49 mm
11 wet days
Daylight
8 hours
8:18 AM – 4:20 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
0.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Kalush is city in Ukraine.

Density
1,009/km²
people per km²
Founded
1437

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 3°C in the first days to 1°C by the end.

A typical December day in Kalush reaches about 2°C in the afternoon and slips back to -4°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -5°C and 8°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs about 5°C cooler than November and about 1°C warmer than January.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13-2
23-2
33-2
43-3
53-3
63-3
72-3
82-3
92-3
102-3
112-3
122-3
132-3
142-4
152-4
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201-4
211-4
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231-4
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251-5
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311-5

How December really feels in Kalush

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.

Kalush weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 11th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -5°389.57.78.50.0
Feb / -5°4510.37.89.80.0
Mar / -1°5712.4611.60.9
Apr14° / 6311.51.613.43.8
May19° / 9914.30155.4
Jun22° / 12°10914.6015.95.9
Jul24° / 14°11414.8015.66.2
Aug24° / 13°8111.5014.26.8
Sep19° / 7610.7012.45.9
Oct13° / 619.40.710.53.9
Nov / 499.43.68.91.0
Dec / -4°49117.58.10.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22971
32971
42872
52773
62773
72773
82773
92674
102575
112476
122476
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142476
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312773

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Kalush gets around 49 mm of rain and snow over 11 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 35% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days, and about 8 days bring snow. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
13018
23019
33019
43019
53119
63119
73220
83220
93321
103322
113322
123423
133424
143524
153625
163625
173726
183726
193827
203827
213827
223827
233827
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253827
263827
273827
283727
293726
303726
313726

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
10100
11100
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14100
15100
16100
17100
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.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 12 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
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
513light breeze
613light breeze
713light breeze
813light breeze
913light breeze
1013light breeze
1113light breeze
1213light breeze
1313light breeze
1413light breeze
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1913light breeze
2013light breeze
2113light breeze
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2713light breeze
2813light breeze
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3013light breeze
3113light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 8 h 18 min at the start of December to 8 h 06 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 8:03 AM to 8:24 AM, and sunset from 4:22 PM to 4:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.38:034:22
28.38:044:21
38.38:054:21
48.28:064:21
58.28:074:20
68.28:094:20
78.28:104:20
88.18:114:20
98.18:124:19
108.18:134:19
118.18:144:19
128.18:144:19
138.18:154:19
148.18:164:19
158.08:174:19
168.08:184:20
178.08:184:20
188.08:194:20
198.08:204:20
208.08:204:21
218.08:214:21
228.08:214:22
238.08:224:22
248.08:224:23
258.08:224:23
268.08:234:24
278.08:234:25
288.08:234:25
298.08:234:26
308.18:244:27
318.18:244:28

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.87 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.87 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
30.9Dim
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Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Kalush?

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 Kalush.

What to pack for Kalush in December

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

In December, Kalush sees daytime highs around 2°C and nights near -4°C. Pack a warm layer and a heavy coat. Worth having: rain gear. About 11 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coatrain gear

UV index in Kalush 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 Kalush peaks around July 15 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near December 22 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 15UV 7Dec 22UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr5Moderate
May6High
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct2Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Kalush?

Kalush sits at 49.0°N, 24.4°E, 290 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Knyahynyn, 27 km away.

Topography around Kalush

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalush has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 295 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 288 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,637 m.

The land around Kalush is covered by grassland (36%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (45%), cropland (29%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (52%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
101 m
16 km
288 m
80 km
1,637 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
December weather nearby: Knyahynyn 27 km · Ivano-Frankivsk 27 km · Dolyna 30 km · Nadvirna 45 km · Stryi 46 km · Novyi Rozdil 53 km · Berezhany 62 km · Stebnyk 67 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 Kalush (49.024°, 24.3721°, elevation 290 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).