Petrozavodsk Weather in December
Average highs run from -3°C on December 1 to -4°C on December 31, and lows from -7°C to -9°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 44 mm over about 12 wet days.
December day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
December at a glance
- Average high
- -3°C
- Average low
- -8°C
- Precipitation
- 44 mm
- Record high
- 9°CDec 6, 2006
- Record low
- -37°CDec 30, 1978
- Daylight
- 5 h 56 min to 5 h 24 min
- Cloud cover
- 76%
- Humidity
- 98%
- Dew point
- -10°C
- Wind
- 11.5 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | -3°C | -7°C | 5°C 1986 | -24°C 2002 | 43% |
| Dec 2 | -2°C | -6°C | 6°C 2006 | -23°C 1997 | 43% |
| Dec 3 | -1°C | -6°C | 6°C 1953 | -23°C 1973 | 42% |
| Dec 4 | -2°C | -6°C | 6°C 1948 | -22°C 1937 | 42% |
| Dec 5 | -2°C | -6°C | 6°C 1953 | -23°C 1959 | 41% |
| Dec 6 | -2°C | -6°C | 9°C 2006 | -27°C 1955 | 42% |
| Dec 7 | -2°C | -6°C | 9°C 2006 | -30°C 1973 | 42% |
| Dec 8 | -2°C | -6°C | 7°C 1948 | -30°C 1973 | 42% |
| Dec 9 | -2°C | -6°C | 7°C 2006 | -31°C 1955 | 42% |
| Dec 10 | -2°C | -6°C | 7°C 2006 | -33°C 1955 | 41% |
| Dec 11 | -1°C | -5°C | 7°C 2006 | -33°C 1955 | 40% |
| Dec 12 | -1°C | -5°C | 5°C 2000 | -32°C 1955 | 39% |
| Dec 13 | -2°C | -7°C | 5°C 1999 | -29°C 1955 | 40% |
| Dec 14 | -4°C | -8°C | 5°C 1999 | -25°C 1986 | 41% |
| Dec 15 | -4°C | -9°C | 7°C 2006 | -29°C 1997 | 40% |
| Dec 16 | -3°C | -8°C | 3°C 2006 | -30°C 1978 | 40% |
| Dec 17 | -3°C | -8°C | 4°C 1956 | -32°C 1955 | 41% |
| Dec 18 | -4°C | -9°C | 4°C 1956 | -28°C 1955 | 41% |
| Dec 19 | -4°C | -9°C | 7°C 1936 | -26°C 1986 | 41% |
| Dec 20 | -3°C | -8°C | 6°C 1936 | -28°C 1986 | 41% |
| Dec 21 | -4°C | -9°C | 7°C 2015 | -32°C 1955 | 40% |
| Dec 22 | -6°C | -10°C | 6°C 1936 | -33°C 1955 | 41% |
| Dec 23 | -6°C | -12°C | 4°C 2015 | -32°C 1995 | 42% |
| Dec 24 | -6°C | -11°C | 3°C 1957 | -31°C 1978 | 41% |
| Dec 25 | -6°C | -12°C | 3°C 2013 | -34°C 1945 | 41% |
| Dec 26 | -5°C | -12°C | 3°C 2011 | -34°C 1945 | 41% |
| Dec 27 | -5°C | -10°C | 3°C 2011 | -32°C 1958 | 40% |
| Dec 28 | -5°C | -11°C | 3°C 2003 | -32°C 1978 | 38% |
| Dec 29 | -6°C | -10°C | 3°C 2013 | -36°C 1978 | 38% |
| Dec 30 | -4°C | -10°C | 4°C 1994 | -37°C 1978 | 38% |
| Dec 31 | -4°C | -9°C | 4°C 1975 | -32°C 2002 | 38% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).
- December 1
- sunrise 9:33 AM, sunset 3:29 PM
- December 31
- sunrise 10:04 AM, sunset 3:28 PM
Other months
Sources
Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station RSM00022820, 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.