Climate averages 1991–2020
Kirkuk weather
in December.
A cool, moderately 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 cool month in Kirkuk: daytime highs average 14.8°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 49 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ţūz Khūrmātū (68 km away). In December its highs average 15.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kirkuk, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Kirkuk ranks joint 42nd of 59 for the warmest December highs and 46th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Kirkuk is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 12.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 88 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
Kirkuk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 88 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| February | 14.6°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 78 | 9.6 | 10.911 h |
| March | 19.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 77 | 9.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 25.9°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 52 | 7.2 | 13.113 h |
| May | 33.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 3.6 | 14.014 h |
| June | 39.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 42.6°C27.7°C | 27.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 42.3°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.513 h |
| September | 37.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.412 h |
| October | 30.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 29 | 2.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 20.7°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 57 | 6.3 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 14.8°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 81 | 8.9 | 9.810 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
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in DecemberIraq · 68 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in DecemberIraq · 85 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Erbil in DecemberIraq · 87 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Hajiawa in DecemberIraq · 93 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in DecemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Rānyah in DecemberIraq · 98 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in DecemberIraq · 100 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Bayjī in DecemberIraq · 102 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 35 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 Kirkuk) is explained once on the Kirkuk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.