Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Ḩasakah weather
in December.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th 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 Al Ḩasakah: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 4.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 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 43 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Al Qāmishlī (75 km away). In December its highs average 12.0°C, 1.2°C cooler than Al Ḩasakah, with 68 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Ḩasakah ranks 10th of 18 for the warmest December highs and joint 11th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Al Ḩasakah is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 11.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 50 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
Al Ḩasakah climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 50 | 8.6 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 47 | 8.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 18.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 44 | 7.6 | 11.912 h |
| April | 24.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 30 | 5.6 | 13.113 h |
| May | 31.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 18 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 37.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.9 | 0.3 | 14.615 h |
| July | 41.0°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 14.414 h |
| August | 40.5°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 35.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.412 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 19 | 3.1 | 11.311 h |
| November | 19.3°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 33 | 5.3 | 10.310 h |
| December, selected | 13.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 49 | 8.0 | 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
- Al Qāmishlī in DecemberSyria · 75 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 68 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in DecemberTurkey · 78 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Mardin in DecemberTurkey · 90 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Midyat in DecemberTurkey · 115 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Viranşehir in DecemberTurkey · 119 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 3.3°C · 66 mm rain
- Deir ez-Zor in DecemberSyria · 141 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Bismil in DecemberTurkey · 150 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Cizre in DecemberTurkey · 157 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 99 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 Al Ḩasakah) is explained once on the Al Ḩasakah year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.