Climate averages 1991–2020
Doğubayazıt weather
in December.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cold month in Doğubayazıt: daytime highs average 3.5°C and nights cool to about -6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes December a fairly dry month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 26 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iğdır (42 km away). In December its highs average 5.9°C, 2.4°C warmer than Doğubayazıt, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Doğubayazıt ranks 126th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 1st of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Doğubayazıt is 5.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 1.4°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 31 mm to 30 mm.
The annual picture
December in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Doğubayazıt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.4°C-10.4°C | -10.4°C | 30 | 6.9 | 9.710 h |
| February | 2.9°C-8.6°C | -8.6°C | 34 | 8.0 | 10.711 h |
| March | 7.8°C-2.4°C | -2.4°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.0°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 65 | 14.4 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 64 | 15.9 | 14.314 h |
| June | 24.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 10.9 | 14.915 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 27 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 16 | 4.9 | 13.714 h |
| September | 24.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 16 | 3.9 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.4°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 28 | 6.5 | 11.211 h |
| November | 9.1°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 31 | 6.3 | 10.010 h |
| December, selected | 3.5°C-6.6°C | -6.6°C | 31 | 7.1 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Iğdır in DecemberTurkey · 42 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Yerevan in DecemberArmenia · 79 kmHigh 3.8°C · Low -4.9°C · 29 mm rain
- Erciş in DecemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 2.4°C · Low -2.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Ağrı in DecemberTurkey · 91 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Patnos in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Naxçıvan in DecemberAzerbaijan · 120 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -2.4°C · 27 mm rain
- Van in DecemberTurkey · 132 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Khūy in DecemberIran · 134 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 32 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 Doğubayazıt) is explained once on the Doğubayazıt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.