Climate averages 1991–2020
Rānyah 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 Rānyah: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 1.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 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 Hajiawa (8 km away). In December its highs average 11.8°C, about as warm as Rānyah, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Rānyah ranks 56th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 55th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Rānyah is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 8.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 152 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
Rānyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 152 | 12.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.2°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 154 | 12.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 15.4°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 147 | 13.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 11.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 35 | 6.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 34.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 2.5 | 0.8 | 14.615 h |
| July | 39.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.9 | 0.5 | 12.412 h |
| October | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 32 | 4.0 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 88 | 8.1 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 11.4°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 130 | 9.7 | 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
- Hajiawa in DecemberIraq · 8 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Qeładizê in DecemberIraq · 24 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Soran in DecemberIraq · 54 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 0.7°C · 132 mm rain
- Piranshahr in DecemberIran · 55 kmHigh 4.6°C · Low -2.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Khasnahzān in DecemberIraq · 67 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 1.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Baḥarkah in DecemberIraq · 76 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Erbil in DecemberIraq · 79 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.3°C · 87 mm rain
- Naqadeh in DecemberIran · 90 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.9°C · 37 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 Rānyah) is explained once on the Rānyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.