Climate averages 1991–2020
Elazığ 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 Elazığ: daytime highs average 5.1°C and nights cool to about -0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 71 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 31 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Akçapınar (39 km away). In December its highs average 6.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Elazığ, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Elazığ ranks 122nd of 138 for the warmest December highs and 49th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Elazığ is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 3.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 74 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
Elazığ climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 74 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 4.7°C-2.3°C | -2.3°C | 70 | 10.2 | 10.711 h |
| March | 10.4°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 83 | 11.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 86 | 12.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 21.8°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 69 | 10.4 | 14.314 h |
| June | 28.5°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 13 | 3.7 | 14.815 h |
| July | 33.4°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 2.1 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| August | 33.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 13.714 h |
| September | 28.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 2.2 | 12.512 h |
| October | 20.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 50 | 7.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 57 | 7.5 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 5.1°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 71 | 9.8 | 9.510 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
- Akçapınar in DecemberTurkey · 39 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low 1.3°C · 69 mm rain
- Malatya in DecemberTurkey · 87 kmHigh 5.6°C · Low -1.2°C · 86 mm rain
- Siverek in DecemberTurkey · 103 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.3°C · 90 mm rain
- Kâhta in DecemberTurkey · 112 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 0.8°C · 112 mm rain
- Bingöl in DecemberTurkey · 113 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 117 mm rain
- Erzincan in DecemberTurkey · 121 kmHigh 1.6°C · Low -6.3°C · 57 mm precipitation
- Diyarbakır in DecemberTurkey · 121 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low 0.6°C · 90 mm rain
- Adıyaman in DecemberTurkey · 131 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 1.2°C · 115 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 Elazığ) is explained once on the Elazığ year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.