Climate averages 1991–2020

Edirne weather
in December.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 8.7°C Daytime mean, December
Average low 1.2°C Night-time mean, December
Rainfall 60 mm 8 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 9 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Edirne · average highYear overview

December is a cool month in Edirne: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 13 min on an average December day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lüleburgaz (73 km away). In December its highs average 9.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Edirne, with 66 mm of rain.

Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Edirne ranks joint 89th of 138 for the warmest December highs and 34th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Edirne is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.

From December to January, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 7.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 53 mm.

The annual picture

December in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -505101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Edirne climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Edirne, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 7.6°C-0.6°C-0.6°C537.29.510 h
February 9.6°C0.4°C0.4°C476.810.611 h
March 13.1°C2.9°C2.9°C548.911.912 h
April 18.1°C6.7°C6.7°C427.613.313 h
May 23.6°C11.9°C11.9°C468.714.515 h
June 28.4°C16.4°C16.4°C377.715.115 h
July 31.2°C19.0°C19.0°C305.114.915 h
August 31.6°C19.3°C19.3°C163.013.914 h
September 26.6°C15.0°C15.0°C274.112.513 h
October 20.2°C10.4°C10.4°C605.911.111 h
November 14.2°C5.6°C5.6°C556.69.910 h
December, selected 8.7°C1.2°C1.2°C608.19.29 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

Distance from Edirne

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Edirne) is explained once on the Edirne year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.