Elista climate

Elista Weather in December

1991-2020 means of the daily record at Elista (GHCN RSM00034861), 9 km from Elista

Average highs run from 2°C on December 1 to 1°C on December 31, and lows from -4°C to -5°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 30 mm over about 7 wet days.

December day by day

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

Normal daily high and low temperature at Elista, in °C, with the record for each date.-40-30-20-1001020151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

December at a glance

Average high
1°C
Average low
-5°C
Precipitation
30 mm
Record high
18°CDec 3, 1961
Record low
-30°CDec 24, 1929
Daylight
8 h 53 min to 8 h 40 min
Cloud cover
68%
Humidity
89%
Dew point
-4°C
Wind
17.6 km/h

Every day of the month

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

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Dec 12°C-4°C12°C 1980-27°C 193121%
Dec 20°C-5°C13°C 1947-23°C 193122%
Dec 31°C-5°C18°C 1961-28°C 193122%
Dec 42°C-3°C13°C 1961-28°C 193320%
Dec 52°C-3°C14°C 1980-21°C 193120%
Dec 62°C-3°C12°C 1980-22°C 194121%
Dec 73°C-4°C12°C 2003-24°C 195921%
Dec 81°C-3°C12°C 2008-23°C 195921%
Dec 91°C-3°C10°C 2008-24°C 200220%
Dec 101°C-4°C12°C 1981-23°C 194519%
Dec 111°C-4°C13°C 1979-24°C 192719%
Dec 120°C-4°C10°C 1982-24°C 196819%
Dec 131°C-4°C9°C 2017-22°C 197720%
Dec 140°C-4°C12°C 1965-21°C 193322%
Dec 150°C-6°C11°C 1957-21°C 199722%
Dec 16-1°C-6°C10°C 1957-26°C 199722%
Dec 17-1°C-7°C10°C 1982-28°C 199723%
Dec 18-1°C-6°C15°C 1982-27°C 194623%
Dec 190°C-5°C14°C 1958-26°C 194824%
Dec 201°C-4°C10°C 1999-26°C 194824%
Dec 210°C-5°C10°C 1937-21°C 194824%
Dec 221°C-5°C15°C 2010-20°C 192925%
Dec 230°C-5°C13°C 2010-20°C 193826%
Dec 24-1°C-6°C12°C 2010-30°C 192927%
Dec 25-1°C-6°C10°C 2014-28°C 193828%
Dec 26-1°C-6°C9°C 2023-27°C 193829%
Dec 270°C-5°C12°C 1995-26°C 193829%
Dec 282°C-5°C11°C 1995-27°C 193828%
Dec 291°C-3°C12°C 2004-23°C 193527%
Dec 301°C-4°C15°C 1947-25°C 195528%
Dec 311°C-5°C12°C 1947-28°C 193327%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Elista, in percent.01020301102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

December 1
sunrise 7:25 AM, sunset 4:18 PM
December 31
sunrise 7:46 AM, sunset 4:26 PM

Every day of December: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station RSM00034861, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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 2026-09-27. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.