Climate averages 1991–2020
Erciş 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 Erciş: daytime highs average 2.4°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 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 29 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Patnos (49 km away). In December its highs average 2.2°C, about as warm as Erciş, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Erciş ranks 132nd of 138 for the warmest December highs and joint 26th of 138 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 138 cities is 9.3°C; Erciş is 6.9°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 0.2°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 55 mm to 51 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
Erciş climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.2°C-4.3°C | -4.3°C | 51 | 10.3 | 9.810 h |
| February | 1.0°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 50 | 10.3 | 10.711 h |
| March | 5.0°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 64 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 66 | 13.9 | 13.213 h |
| May | 16.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 58 | 12.8 | 14.314 h |
| June | 22.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 21 | 5.7 | 14.915 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 9.8 | 2.2 | 14.615 h |
| August | 27.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 6.2 | 2.1 | 13.714 h |
| September | 22.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 20 | 4.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 15.6°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 54 | 9.2 | 11.211 h |
| November | 7.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 8.6 | 10.110 h |
| December, selected | 2.4°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 55 | 9.7 | 9.59 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
- Patnos in DecemberTurkey · 49 kmHigh 2.2°C · Low -8.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Van in DecemberTurkey · 59 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -5.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Ağrı in DecemberTurkey · 81 kmHigh 1.8°C · Low -7.8°C · 42 mm precipitation
- Doğubayazıt in DecemberTurkey · 85 kmHigh 3.5°C · Low -6.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Tatvan in DecemberTurkey · 111 kmHigh 2.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Iğdır in DecemberTurkey · 116 kmHigh 5.9°C · Low -5.1°C · 32 mm rain
- Khūy in DecemberIran · 148 kmHigh 5.7°C · Low -4.2°C · 32 mm rain
- Salmās in DecemberIran · 153 kmHigh 4.3°C · Low -6.1°C · 27 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 Erciş) is explained once on the Erciş year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.