Climate averages 1991–2020
Cizre weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Cizre: daytime highs average 12.1°C and nights cool to about 1.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes December a wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 39 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Silopi (26 km away). In December its highs average 11.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Cizre, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Cizre ranks 26th of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 87th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Cizre is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 10.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 107 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
Cizre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.0°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 107 | 10.2 | 9.910 h |
| February | 11.9°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 99 | 10.4 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.4°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 107 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 21.8°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 77 | 9.5 | 13.113 h |
| May | 28.3°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 38 | 6.0 | 14.214 h |
| June | 35.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 14.715 h |
| July | 40.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 14.514 h |
| August | 39.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 13.614 h |
| September | 34.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 27.5°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 32 | 3.7 | 11.311 h |
| November | 18.2°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 66 | 6.1 | 10.210 h |
| December, selected | 12.1°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 99 | 9.3 | 9.610 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
- Silopi in DecemberTurkey · 26 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.3°C · 98 mm rain
- Zaxo in DecemberIraq · 49 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 1.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Siirt in DecemberTurkey · 70 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 108 mm rain
- Midyat in DecemberTurkey · 75 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 0.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Sumayl in DecemberIraq · 79 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Simele in DecemberIraq · 79 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Dihok in DecemberIraq · 88 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 83 mm rain
- Al Qāmishlī in DecemberSyria · 90 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 2.6°C · 68 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 Cizre) is explained once on the Cizre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.