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Saint Petersburg in December

Cold and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Saint Petersburg is cold: highs near 32°F, lows near 23°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.December in Saint Petersburg is cold: highs near 0°C, lows near -5°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and the days shorten by 14 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
32°F0°Caverage
Low
23°F-5°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 48% of days
Daylight
6h 01mon average

Is December a good time to visit Saint Petersburg?

December sits outside Saint Petersburg's best months, which run from June to August. Expect cold days and rain or snow on about three 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 32°F in December, against 27°F to 74°F through the year.Highs near 0°C in December, against -3°C to 23°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

48% of days in December, against 35% to 48% through the year.

Cloud cover

77% cover in December, against 49% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

6h 01m in December, against 6h 01m to 18h 41m 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. November40°4°low 31°low -1°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December32°0°low 23°low -5°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January28°-2°low 18°low -8°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Saint Petersburg sits, in December

Europe/Moscow
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
9:55 AMsets 3:53 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
59.9°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Moscow635 km south-east

The land around Saint Petersburg, 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 Russia in December

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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Saint Petersburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.