Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelar weather
in December.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a mild month in Kelar: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 53 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Khānaqīn (32 km away). In December its highs average 16.4°C, about as warm as Kelar, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kelar ranks 38th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 51st of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Kelar is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 99 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
Kelar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 99 | 9.6 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 9.0 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.7°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 78 | 8.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 47 | 5.8 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 12 | 2.3 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| July | 43.7°C28.3°C | 28.3°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.214 h |
| August | 43.5°C28.1°C | 28.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 39.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 32.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 26 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 65 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 16.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 91 | 8.1 | 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
- Khānaqīn in DecemberIraq · 32 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in DecemberIraq · 69 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in DecemberIraq · 80 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Khāliş in DecemberIraq · 116 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Baqubah in DecemberIraq · 117 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 mm rain
- Eslāmābād-e Gharb in DecemberIran · 125 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Kirkuk in DecemberIraq · 126 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 81 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 Kelar) is explained once on the Kelar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.