Climate averages 1991–2020
Çankırı weather
in December.
A cold, 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 cold month in Çankırı: daytime highs average 6.5°C and nights cool to about -0.7°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 20 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kırıkkale (84 km away). In December its highs average 7.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Çankırı, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Çankırı ranks joint 114th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 19th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Çankırı is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 4.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 44 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
Çankırı climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.8°C-2.9°C | -2.9°C | 44 | 7.9 | 9.610 h |
| February | 7.2°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 38 | 7.4 | 10.611 h |
| March | 11.9°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 47 | 8.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 17.6°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 42 | 9.3 | 13.313 h |
| May | 22.7°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 51 | 10.4 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.8°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 35 | 8.4 | 15.015 h |
| July | 30.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 11 | 2.8 | 14.815 h |
| August | 31.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 13 | 3.4 | 13.814 h |
| September | 26.4°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 15 | 3.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 26 | 5.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 12.2°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 34 | 5.4 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 6.5°C-0.7°C | -0.7°C | 49 | 7.8 | 9.39 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
- Kırıkkale in DecemberTurkey · 84 kmHigh 7.6°C · Low -0.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Kastamonu in DecemberTurkey · 88 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Ankara in DecemberTurkey · 99 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Karabük in DecemberTurkey · 107 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Gölbaşı in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -1.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Çorum in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -0.7°C · 59 mm rain
- Yozgat in DecemberTurkey · 133 kmHigh 4.7°C · Low -3.3°C · 55 mm rain
- Bartın in DecemberTurkey · 157 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 3.7°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 Çankırı) is explained once on the Çankırı year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.