Pivdenne weather in December

In December, Pivdenne sees average daytime highs of 4°C and overnight lows near 1°C, with 34 mm of precipitation across 6.7 wet days and about 8.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 6°C in the first days to 3°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 Pivdenne's 11th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pivdenne's year-round climate.

Daytime high
10th warmest
Overnight low
3rd coldest
Precipitation
34 mm
6.7 wet days
Daylight
8 h 24 min
7:40 AM – 4:03 PM
Cloud cover
78%
11th clearest
Wind
20 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
0.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.0
out of 10

Pivdenne is city in Odesa Raion (district), Odesa Oblast, Ukraine. Residence of Pivdenne urban hromada (municipality).

Density
31/km²
people per km²
Founded
1978

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 6°C in the first days to 3°C by the end.

A typical December day in Pivdenne reaches about 4°C in the afternoon and slips back to 1°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between -2°C and 9°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)
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262
362
452
552
652
752
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1051
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How December really feels in Pivdenne

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.

Pivdenne weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -1°367.13.58.80.0
Feb / -1°305.72.7100.0
Mar / 326.91.611.60.6
Apr12° / 306.40.213.33.4
May19° / 14°336.6014.86.6
Jun24° / 19°376.6015.67.6
Jul26° / 21°254.1015.38.0
Aug26° / 21°3240148.1
Sep21° / 16°405.4012.47.3
Oct15° / 11°385.6010.64.9
Nov / 376.50.89.21.8
Dec / 346.71.98.40.0

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22080
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112278
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Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitationSnow

Pivdenne gets around 34 mm of rain and snow over 6.7 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 22% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days, and about 2 days bring snow.

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Rain chance (%)Snow chance (%)
1223
2223
3213
4213
5214
6214
7214
8214
9214
10215
11215
12216
13216
14226
15227
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22238
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26238
27239
28239
29239
30239
31239

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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Wind in December

Winds average 20 km/h in December, the windiest month of the year.

Across December, daily wind ranges from about 20 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
221breezy
321breezy
421breezy
521breezy
621breezy
721breezy
821breezy
921breezy
1020breezy
1120breezy
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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 7:26 AM to 7:46 AM, and sunset from 4:04 PM to 4:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
18.67:264:04
28.67:274:04
38.67:284:04
48.67:304:03
58.57:314:03
68.57:324:03
78.57:334:03
88.57:344:03
98.57:354:03
108.57:354:03
118.47:364:03
128.47:374:03
138.47:384:03
148.47:394:03
158.47:404:03
168.47:404:03
178.47:414:03
188.47:424:04
198.47:424:04
208.47:434:04
218.47:434:05
228.47:444:05
238.47:444:06
248.47:454:06
258.47:454:07
268.47:454:07
278.47:464:08
288.47:464:09
298.47:464:10
308.47:464:10
318.47:464:11

Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 0.95 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.95 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in June across the year — December's 0.95 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
11.0Dim
21.0Dim
31.0Dim
41.0Dim
51.0Dim
61.0Dim
70.9Dim
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221.0Dim
231.0Dim
241.0Dim
251.0Dim
261.0Dim
271.0Dim
281.0Dim
291.0Dim
301.0Dim
311.0Dim
Planning a trip in December

Is December a good time to visit Pivdenne?

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 Pivdenne.

What to pack for Pivdenne in December

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

In December, Pivdenne sees daytime highs around 4°C and nights near 1°C. Pack a warm layer. Worth having: a heavy coat and a windbreaker. About 7 days see rain.

a warm layera heavy coata windbreaker

Sea temperature near Pivdenne in December

The nearest coast averages about 8°C in December — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in August at about 23°C and coldest in February near 4°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Jun 14 to Sep 13 — about 3 months when the water holds above 20°C.

0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbracingcoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan5Bracing
Feb4Bracing
Mar5Bracing
Apr9Bracing
May16Cool
Jun21Refreshing
Jul23Refreshing
Aug23Refreshing
Sep20Cool
Oct16Cool
Nov11Bracing
Dec8Bracing

UV index in Pivdenne 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 Pivdenne peaks around July 18 at about 7 (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 18UV 7Dec 20UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb1Low
Mar3Moderate
Apr6High
May5Moderate
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low
Location & terrain

Where is Pivdenne?

Pivdenne sits at 46.6°N, 31.1°E, 34 m above sea level, in Ukraine. The nearest listed city is Odessa, 31 km away.

MykolayivRozdilnaVoznesenskSlobozia

Topography around Pivdenne

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pivdenne has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 22 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m.

The land around Pivdenne is covered by cropland (36%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (49%) and cropland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%) and water (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
48 m
16 km
71 m
80 km
158 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
December weather nearby: Odessa 31 km · Cheremushky 37 km · Chornomors’k 50 km · Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 75 km · Mykolayiv 78 km · Rozdilna 83 km · Voznesensk 106 km · Slobozia 107 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 Pivdenne (46.6247°, 31.1018°, elevation 34 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).