Climate · Kyiv

Kyiv in December

Cold and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Kyiv is cold: highs near 35°F, lows near 25°F. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 5 minutes.December in Kyiv is cold: highs near 2°C, lows near -4°C. Rain or snow falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 8 hours 5 minutes.

High
35°F2°Caverage
Low
25°F-4°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
8h 05mon average

Is December a good time to visit Kyiv?


December sits outside Kyiv's best months, which run from June to September. 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 35°F in December, against 32°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 2°C in December, against 0°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in December, against 29% to 42% through the year.

Cloud cover

73% cover in December, against 39% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

8h 05m in December, against 8h 05m to 16h 22m 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. November46°8°low 35°low 2°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. December35°2°low 25°low -4°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. January32°0°low 22°low -6°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Kyiv sits, in December

Europe/Kiev

this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
7:52 AMsets 3:54 PM
Above the sea
150 mlow-lying
Latitude
50.5°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Kyiv, 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. Kyiv is our one place in Ukraine so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kyiv. 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.