Climate averages 1991–2020
Shūsh weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Shūsh: daytime highs average 18.7°C and nights cool to about 8.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 100 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 05 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dezful (26 km away). In December its highs average 18.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Shūsh, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 128 cities listed in Iran, Shūsh ranks joint 10th of 128 for the warmest December highs and 115th of 128 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 128 cities is 10.9°C; Shūsh is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 100 mm to 93 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
Shūsh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 16.8°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 93 | 8.4 | 10.310 h |
| February | 19.2°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 64 | 6.9 | 11.011 h |
| March | 24.2°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 78 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 30.8°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 4.6 | 12.913 h |
| May | 38.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 9.4 | 1.3 | 13.814 h |
| June | 44.7°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| July | 46.9°C30.4°C | 30.4°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.014 h |
| August | 46.8°C30.1°C | 30.1°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.313 h |
| September | 42.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 35.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 17 | 1.8 | 11.411 h |
| November | 24.8°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 74 | 5.4 | 10.511 h |
| December, selected | 18.7°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 100 | 7.5 | 10.110 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
- Dezful in DecemberIran · 26 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 7.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Andīmeshk in DecemberIran · 31 kmHigh 18.1°C · Low 8.1°C · 121 mm rain
- Shūshtar in DecemberIran · 59 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 8.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Masjed Soleymān in DecemberIran · 104 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Ahvaz in DecemberIran · 106 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Al ‘Amārah in DecemberIraq · 111 kmHigh 19.0°C · Low 9.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Khorramabad in DecemberIran · 144 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.5°C · 88 mm rain
- Al Qurnah in DecemberIraq · 152 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 9.4°C · 32 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 Shūsh) is explained once on the Shūsh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.