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The coolest places in Europe in December: ranked by average high temperature

Yakutsk tops the list at -34 °C in December. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Europe.

Top three in December: Yakutsk (-34 °C) , Komsomolsk-on-Amur (-17 °C) , Blagoveshchensk (-16 °C) . Between first and 50th place the avg high differs by 28 °C.

# Destination Country Avg high Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Yakutsk Russia -34 °C -34 °C -39 °C 2 mm 1 71 h –
2 Komsomolsk-on-Amur Russia -17 °C -17 °C -25 °C 21 mm 4 185 h –
3 Blagoveshchensk Russia -16 °C -16 °C -25 °C 7 mm 3 191 h –
4 Khabarovsk Russia -15 °C -15 °C -23 °C 14 mm 3 201 h –
5 Chita Russia -15 °C -15 °C -25 °C 4 mm 1 190 h –
6 Bratsk Russia -15 °C -15 °C -20 °C 16 mm 5 90 h –
7 Nizhnevartovsk Russia -14 °C -14 °C -21 °C 29 mm 9 30 h –
8 Surgut Russia -14 °C -14 °C -21 °C 27 mm 8 30 h –
9 Ulan-Ude Russia -14 °C -14 °C -23 °C 8 mm 3 176 h –
10 Angarsk Russia -13 °C -13 °C -22 °C 9 mm 3 163 h –
11 Tomsk Russia -12 °C -12 °C -19 °C 40 mm 11 57 h –
12 Irkutsk Russia -12 °C -12 °C -20 °C 10 mm 3 165 h –
13 Krasnoyarsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -18 °C 26 mm 8 88 h –
14 Novosibirsk Russia -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 40 mm 11 73 h –
15 Kemerovo Russia -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 46 mm 12 72 h –
16 Abakan Russia -11 °C -11 °C -17 °C 13 mm 4 119 h –
17 Omsk Russia -10 °C -10 °C -17 °C 22 mm 7 65 h –
18 Tyumen Russia -10 °C -10 °C -17 °C 23 mm 6 70 h –
19 Barnaul Russia -10 °C -10 °C -17 °C 38 mm 10 92 h –
20 Prokop’yevsk Russia -10 °C -10 °C -17 °C 40 mm 11 84 h –
21 Novokuznetsk Russia -9.9 °C -9.9 °C -17 °C 49 mm 12 86 h –
22 Longyearbyen Svalbard and Jan Mayen -9.6 °C -9.6 °C -14 °C 47 mm 10 0 h –
23 Kurgan Russia -9.5 °C -9.5 °C -16 °C 23 mm 6 87 h –
24 Berezniki Russia -9.5 °C -9.5 °C -14 °C 45 mm 12 28 h –
25 Biysk Russia -9.5 °C -9.5 °C -17 °C 34 mm 9 111 h –
26 Nizhny Tagil Russia -9.4 °C -9.4 °C -15 °C 21 mm 6 65 h –
27 Yekaterinburg Russia -9.4 °C -9.4 °C -15 °C 21 mm 6 72 h –
28 Zlatoust Russia -9.2 °C -9.2 °C -15 °C 23 mm 7 88 h –
29 Chelyabinsk Russia -9.1 °C -9.1 °C -15 °C 21 mm 6 102 h –
30 Kamensk-Ural’skiy Russia -9.1 °C -9.1 °C -15 °C 23 mm 6 83 h –
31 Miass Russia -8.8 °C -8.8 °C -16 °C 18 mm 6 104 h –
32 Rubtsovsk Russia -8.8 °C -8.8 °C -16 °C 34 mm 9 116 h –
33 Perm Russia -8.6 °C -8.6 °C -14 °C 40 mm 10 35 h –
34 Magnitogorsk Russia -8.5 °C -8.5 °C -16 °C 20 mm 5 115 h –
35 Syktyvkar Russia -8.2 °C -8.2 °C -13 °C 38 mm 11 15 h –
36 Ufa Russia -7.9 °C -7.9 °C -14 °C 45 mm 10 62 h –
37 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky Russia -7.6 °C -7.6 °C -13 °C 119 mm 10 146 h 2.6 °C
38 Izhevsk Russia -7.5 °C -7.5 °C -13 °C 42 mm 10 41 h –
39 Sterlitamak Russia -7.5 °C -7.5 °C -14 °C 44 mm 10 76 h –
40 Orsk Russia -7.2 °C -7.2 °C -14 °C 25 mm 7 103 h –
41 Kirov Russia -7.1 °C -7.1 °C -12 °C 45 mm 12 25 h –
42 Naberezhnyye Chelny Russia -6.9 °C -6.9 °C -12 °C 37 mm 10 47 h –
43 Ussuriysk Russia -6.9 °C -6.9 °C -17 °C 15 mm 3 223 h –
44 Orenburg Russia -6.4 °C -6.4 °C -13 °C 34 mm 8 84 h –
45 Kazan Russia -6.1 °C -6.1 °C -11 °C 42 mm 10 42 h –
46 Samara Russia -5.8 °C -5.8 °C -11 °C 37 mm 9 64 h –
47 Ulyanovsk Russia -5.8 °C -5.8 °C -10 °C 33 mm 9 56 h –
48 Tolyatti Russia -5.7 °C -5.7 °C -10.0 °C 37 mm 9 64 h –
49 Murmansk Russia -5.6 °C -5.6 °C -10 °C 28 mm 9 0 h –
50 Cheboksary Russia -5.5 °C -5.5 °C -10 °C 41 mm 11 37 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

November: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 22 °C
  2. Limassol 22 °C
  3. Nicosia 21 °C
  4. Almería 20 °C
  5. Valletta 20 °C

Full ranking for November

January: top 5

  1. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 19 °C
  2. Almería 16 °C
  3. Murcia 16 °C
  4. La Laguna 16 °C
  5. Jerez de la Frontera 16 °C

Full ranking for January

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
The average daily high temperature, in °C, in December, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Europe with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by population.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.