Climate averages 1991–2020
Kermanshah weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Kermanshah: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about -0.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 55 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eslāmābād-e Gharb (54 km away). In December its highs average 9.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kermanshah, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Kermanshah ranks 75th of 128 for the warmest December highs and 96th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Kermanshah is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 6.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 74 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
Kermanshah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.4°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 74 | 10.5 | 10.110 h |
| February | 8.4°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 80 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 13.4°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 92 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 18.9°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 77 | 11.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 24.9°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 30 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| June | 32.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 14.414 h |
| July | 36.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 36.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 13.413 h |
| September | 31.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 24.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 28 | 4.2 | 11.411 h |
| November | 14.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 68 | 8.1 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 9.1°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 64 | 9.0 | 9.910 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
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in DecemberIran · 54 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Īlām in DecemberIran · 96 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Kūhdasht in DecemberIran · 100 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 0.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Sanandaj in DecemberIran · 111 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -3.2°C · 57 mm rain
- Qorveh in DecemberIran · 116 kmHigh 5.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 34 mm rain
- Nahāvand in DecemberIran · 121 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Hamadān in DecemberIran · 143 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low -1.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Khorramabad in DecemberIran · 150 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.5°C · 88 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 Kermanshah) is explained once on the Kermanshah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.