Climate averages 1991–2020
Lankaran weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Lankaran: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lerik (38 km away). In December its highs average 6.6°C, 3.8°C cooler than Lankaran, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Lankaran ranks 1st of 11 for the warmest December highs and 11th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 8.7°C; Lankaran is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 130 mm to 117 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lankaran climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 117 | 14.6 | 9.810 h |
| February | 8.3°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 113 | 13.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 102 | 13.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 15.0°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 83 | 14.0 | 13.213 h |
| May | 20.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 69 | 12.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 25.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 35 | 6.1 | 14.815 h |
| July | 27.9°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 27 | 4.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 28.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 45 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 128 | 11.5 | 12.512 h |
| October | 19.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 206 | 15.8 | 11.211 h |
| November | 14.4°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 187 | 16.9 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 10.5°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 130 | 14.8 | 9.510 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
December in nearby cities
- Lerik in DecemberAzerbaijan · 38 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Ardabīl in DecemberIran · 74 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in DecemberIran · 109 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Pārsābād in DecemberIran · 128 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Şirvan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 132 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in DecemberIran · 152 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Ahar in DecemberIran · 158 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Rasht in DecemberIran · 177 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 136 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lankaran) is explained once on the Lankaran year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.