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Almaty in December

Cold and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Almaty is cold: highs near 38°F, lows near 17°F. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 2 minutes.December in Almaty is cold: highs near 3°C, lows near -8°C. Rain or snow falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 9 hours 2 minutes.

High
38°F3°Caverage
Low
17°F-8°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 23% of days
Daylight
9h 02mon average

Is December a good time to visit Almaty?

December sits outside Almaty's best months, which run from June to September. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about two days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 38°F in December, against 35°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 3°C in December, against 2°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

23% of days in December, against 21% to 56% through the year.

Cloud cover

48% cover in December, against 18% to 57% through the year.

Daylight

9h 02m in December, against 9h 02m to 15h 20m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with December shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. November48°9°low 25°low -4°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December38°3°low 17°low -8°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January35°2°low 15°low -9°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Almaty sits, in December

Asia/Almaty
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:17 AMsets 4:18 PM
Above the sea
890 mupland
Latitude
43.2°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Astana971 km north-west

The land around Almaty, shaded by its typical high in December, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Kazakhstan in December

high · low · wet days
See December on the planning mapThe whole year in Almaty

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Almaty. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (890 m) against the climate model's (1,176 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (890 m) against the climate model's (1,176 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.