Climate averages 1991–2020
Sulaymaniyah 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 Sulaymaniyah: daytime highs average 11.5°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 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 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bāneh (63 km away). In December its highs average 5.9°C, 5.6°C cooler than Sulaymaniyah, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Sulaymaniyah ranks joint 54th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 54th of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Sulaymaniyah is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 9.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 131 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
Sulaymaniyah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.0°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 131 | 12.1 | 10.010 h |
| February | 10.7°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 132 | 12.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 15.5°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 121 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.1°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 88 | 10.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 27.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 30 | 5.2 | 14.014 h |
| June | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.515 h |
| July | 39.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.314 h |
| August | 39.1°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.514 h |
| September | 34.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.0 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| October | 26.9°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 38 | 3.8 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.2°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 83 | 7.8 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 11.5°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 108 | 10.1 | 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
- Bāneh in DecemberIran · 63 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -2.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Marīvān in DecemberIran · 68 kmHigh 8.0°C · Low -2.8°C · 89 mm rain
- Qeładizê in DecemberIraq · 74 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 1.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Rānyah in DecemberIraq · 91 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 1.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Hajiawa in DecemberIraq · 94 kmHigh 11.8°C · Low 1.5°C · 135 mm rain
- Kirkuk in DecemberIraq · 95 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Ţūz Khūrmātū in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.4°C · 72 mm rain
- Kelar in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 91 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 Sulaymaniyah) is explained once on the Sulaymaniyah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.