Climate averages 1991–2020
Ţūz Khūrmātū weather
in December.
A mild, 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 mild month in Ţūz Khūrmātū: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 52 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kirkuk (68 km away). In December its highs average 14.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ţūz Khūrmātū, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 59 cities listed in Iraq, Ţūz Khūrmātū ranks 39th of 59 for the warmest December highs and 41st of 59 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 59 cities is 16.3°C; Ţūz Khūrmātū is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 13.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 75 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
Ţūz Khūrmātū climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13.7°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 75 | 8.4 | 10.110 h |
| February | 15.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| March | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 60 | 7.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 39 | 5.0 | 13.013 h |
| May | 34.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| June | 40.4°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| July | 43.4°C29.2°C | 29.2°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.314 h |
| August | 43.2°C28.9°C | 28.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.513 h |
| September | 38.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.412 h |
| October | 31.7°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 23 | 2.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 21.6°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 50 | 5.3 | 10.410 h |
| December, selected | 15.7°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 72 | 7.5 | 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
- Kirkuk in DecemberIraq · 68 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.6°C · 81 mm rain
- Kelar in DecemberIraq · 69 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.7°C · 91 mm rain
- Khānaqīn in DecemberIraq · 92 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Sāmarrā’ in DecemberIraq · 103 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 6.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Bayjī in DecemberIraq · 104 kmHigh 15.6°C · Low 6.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Sulaymaniyah in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 1.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Al Miqdādīyah in DecemberIraq · 105 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 50 mm rain
- Khāliş in DecemberIraq · 120 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.8°C · 33 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 Ţūz Khūrmātū) is explained once on the Ţūz Khūrmātū year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.