Climate averages 1991–2020
Akçapınar weather
in December.
A cold, moderately 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 cold month in Akçapınar: daytime highs average 6.1°C and nights cool to about 1.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 30 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Elazığ (39 km away). In December its highs average 5.1°C, 1.0°C cooler than Akçapınar, with 71 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Akçapınar ranks 118th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 46th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Akçapınar is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 4.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 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
Akçapınar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.1°C-1.0°C | -1.0°C | 72 | 10.0 | 9.810 h |
| February | 5.5°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 62 | 9.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 73 | 11.0 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 73 | 12.1 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 56 | 9.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 10 | 3.0 | 14.815 h |
| July | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 2.5 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.7 | 1.7 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 40 | 5.9 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 56 | 6.9 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 6.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 69 | 9.6 | 9.59 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
- Elazığ in DecemberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -0.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Malatya in DecemberTurkey · 86 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Erzincan in DecemberTurkey · 100 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 134 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 137 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Adıyaman in DecemberTurkey · 144 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 115 mm rain
- Diyarbakır in DecemberTurkey · 160 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 90 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 Akçapınar) is explained once on the Akçapınar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.