Climate averages 1991–2020
Al Qāmishlī 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 Qāmishlī: daytime highs average 12.0°C and nights cool to about 2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 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 40 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Midyat (42 km away). In December its highs average 8.7°C, 3.3°C cooler than Al Qāmishlī, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Syria, Al Qāmishlī ranks 16th of 18 for the warmest December highs and 16th of 18 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 18 cities is 13.6°C; Al Qāmishlī is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 10.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 68 mm to 72 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 Qāmishlī climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.2°C0.9°C | 0.9°C | 72 | 9.9 | 9.910 h |
| February | 12.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 64 | 9.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.6°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 22.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 42 | 6.9 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 24 | 4.4 | 14.114 h |
| June | 35.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14.715 h |
| July | 40.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August | 39.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.4°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 27.3°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 21 | 2.9 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 42 | 5.4 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 12.0°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 68 | 8.3 | 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
- Midyat in DecemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Mardin in DecemberTurkey · 52 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Kızıltepe in DecemberTurkey · 60 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Al Ḩasakah in DecemberSyria · 75 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Cizre in DecemberTurkey · 90 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 1.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Batman in DecemberTurkey · 93 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 1.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Bismil in DecemberTurkey · 102 kmHigh 10.0°C · Low 1.5°C · 70 mm rain
- Silopi in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 98 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 Qāmishlī) is explained once on the Al Qāmishlī year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.