Irkutsk climate

Irkutsk Weather in December

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Irkutsk, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from -11°C on December 1 to -16°C on December 31, and lows from -19°C to -25°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 16 mm over about 3 wet days.

December day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Irkutsk, in °C, with the record for each date.-50-40-30-20-100151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

December at a glance

Average high
-14°C
Average low
-22°C
Precipitation
16 mm
Reanalysis high
-1°CDec 1, 2013
Reanalysis low
-41°CDec 20, 2008
Daylight
8 h 05 min to 7 h 46 min
Cloud cover
73%
Humidity
94%
Dew point
-19°C
Wind
10.4 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Dec 1-11°C-19°C-1°C 2013-27°C 201415%
Dec 2-11°C-19°C-1°C 2004-32°C 199116%
Dec 3-12°C-19°C-2°C 2013-32°C 200315%
Dec 4-12°C-20°C-5°C 2017-34°C 199115%
Dec 5-12°C-20°C-3°C 2009-34°C 199115%
Dec 6-13°C-20°C-4°C 2013-37°C 199115%
Dec 7-13°C-20°C-4°C 1999-34°C 201216%
Dec 8-13°C-21°C-4°C 1999-35°C 201216%
Dec 9-13°C-21°C-4°C 1999-30°C 200016%
Dec 10-13°C-21°C-5°C 2006-33°C 201716%
Dec 11-13°C-21°C-5°C 1998-38°C 201016%
Dec 12-13°C-21°C-4°C 2019-38°C 201016%
Dec 13-13°C-21°C-6°C 1998-36°C 201016%
Dec 14-14°C-21°C-3°C 1998-40°C 201017%
Dec 15-14°C-21°C-4°C 1998-33°C 199416%
Dec 16-14°C-22°C-6°C 2018-33°C 199415%
Dec 17-14°C-22°C-7°C 2016-34°C 200914%
Dec 18-14°C-22°C-7°C 1996-34°C 201214%
Dec 19-14°C-22°C-5°C 2017-35°C 200813%
Dec 20-14°C-22°C-5°C 2006-41°C 200814%
Dec 21-15°C-23°C-1°C 2005-41°C 201014%
Dec 22-15°C-23°C-5°C 2005-41°C 201013%
Dec 23-15°C-23°C-5°C 2005-40°C 201012%
Dec 24-15°C-23°C-5°C 1999-41°C 200912%
Dec 25-15°C-23°C-6°C 2003-39°C 200912%
Dec 26-15°C-23°C-7°C 1993-36°C 201811%
Dec 27-16°C-24°C-6°C 1996-33°C 202012%
Dec 28-16°C-24°C-8°C 2013-36°C 202012%
Dec 29-16°C-24°C-7°C 1995-38°C 202011%
Dec 30-16°C-24°C-7°C 2013-35°C 202010%
Dec 31-16°C-25°C-3°C 1995-39°C 201010%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Irkutsk, in percent.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+8).

December 1
sunrise 8:49 AM, sunset 4:54 PM
December 31
sunrise 9:13 AM, sunset 4:59 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.