Climate averages 1991–2020
Qeładizê weather
in December.
A cool, 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 Qeładizê: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a 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 Rānyah (24 km away). In December its highs average 11.4°C, about as warm as Qeładizê, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Qeładizê ranks 58th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 57th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Qeładizê is 5.3°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 8.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 155 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
Qeładizê climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.5°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 155 | 12.7 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.1°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 161 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.4°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 157 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.4°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 113 | 12.4 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 46 | 7.3 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 39 | 4.6 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 94 | 8.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 11.0°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 133 | 10.4 | 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
- Rānyah in DecemberIraq · 24 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Hajiawa in DecemberIraq · 31 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Piranshahr in DecemberIran · 58 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Bāneh in DecemberIran · 71 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in DecemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Soran in DecemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Mahābād in DecemberIran · 83 kmHigh 6.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in DecemberIraq · 89 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 106 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 Qeładizê) is explained once on the Qeładizê year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.