Climate averages 1991–2020
Erbil weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Erbil: daytime highs average 13.6°C and nights cool to about 3.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 45 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khasnahzān (12 km away). In December its highs average 12.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Erbil, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Erbil ranks 46th of 59 for the warmest December highs and joint 49th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Erbil is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 102 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
Erbil climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 102 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 94 | 10.1 | 10.811 h |
| March | 17.7°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 93 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 23.7°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 62 | 7.7 | 13.113 h |
| May | 30.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 22 | 4.6 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.5°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 41.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 36.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 29.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 26 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.6°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 64 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 87 | 8.4 | 9.710 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
- Khasnahzān in DecemberIraq · 12 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in DecemberIraq · 14 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Xebat in DecemberIraq · 32 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 79 mm rain
- 'Ākra in DecemberIraq · 61 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Soran in DecemberIraq · 70 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Hajiawa in DecemberIraq · 71 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Rānyah in DecemberIraq · 79 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Al Mawşil al Jadīdah in DecemberIraq · 83 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.2°C · 62 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 Erbil) is explained once on the Erbil year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Baḥarkah lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.