Climate averages 1991–2020
Lerik weather
in December.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Lerik: daytime highs average 6.6°C and nights cool to about -2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Lankaran (38 km away). In December its highs average 10.5°C, 3.8°C warmer than Lerik, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Lerik ranks 10th of 11 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 8.7°C; Lerik is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 4.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 71 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
Lerik climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.5°C-4.5°C | -4.5°C | 71 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.0°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 86 | 11.7 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.9°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 94 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 103 | 17.7 | 13.213 h |
| May | 18.8°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 100 | 17.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 52 | 8.9 | 14.815 h |
| July | 25.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 31 | 5.5 | 14.615 h |
| August | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 44 | 6.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 21.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 117 | 12.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 16.7°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 156 | 16.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 119 | 13.5 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 6.6°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 74 | 10.0 | 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
- Lankaran in DecemberAzerbaijan · 38 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Ardabīl in DecemberIran · 59 kmHigh 5.3°C · Low -4.7°C · 36 mm rain
- Meshgīn Shahr in DecemberIran · 76 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.8°C · 27 mm rain
- Pārsābād in DecemberIran · 106 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.8°C · 26 mm rain
- Ahar in DecemberIran · 121 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 33 mm rain
- Şirvan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 137 kmHigh 9.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 26 mm rain
- Mīāneh in DecemberIran · 162 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Bandar-e Anzalī in DecemberIran · 171 kmHigh 12.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 131 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 Lerik) is explained once on the Lerik year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.