Climate averages 1991–2020
Naxçıvan weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Naxçıvan: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about -2.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 28 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khūy (83 km away). In December its highs average 5.7°C, about as warm as Naxçıvan, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 11 cities listed in Azerbaijan, Naxçıvan ranks 11th of 11 for the warmest December highs and joint 5th of 11 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 11 cities is 8.7°C; Naxçıvan is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 4.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 27 mm to 26 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
Naxçıvan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.4°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 26 | 5.8 | 9.710 h |
| February | 7.3°C-3.2°C | -3.2°C | 31 | 6.9 | 10.711 h |
| March | 13.0°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 51 | 10.5 | 11.912 h |
| April | 19.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 53 | 11.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 24.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 41 | 9.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 30.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 19 | 4.5 | 14.915 h |
| July | 34.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 11 | 2.4 | 14.615 h |
| August | 34.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 11 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.4°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 21 | 4.6 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 28 | 5.5 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 6.1°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 27 | 6.2 | 9.59 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
- Khūy in DecemberIran · 83 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Doğubayazıt in DecemberTurkey · 120 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Salmās in DecemberIran · 126 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -6.1°C · 27 mm rain
- Yerevan in DecemberArmenia · 132 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Iğdır in DecemberTurkey · 142 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Tabriz in DecemberIran · 147 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.3°C · 34 mm rain
- Sahand in DecemberIran · 152 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -5.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Ahar in DecemberIran · 165 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.4°C · 33 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 Naxçıvan) is explained once on the Naxçıvan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.